Ambulance service Israeli-style

In 2023,  Magen David Adom Emergency Medical Technicians and paramedics were dispatched on 1,447,561 calls, on over 2,300 mobile intensive care units (MICUs), ambulances and medicycles across Israel. Read more

Israel’s ‘Iron Parrot’ awaits reunion with owner

The rescue workers of Magen David Adom’s Ashdod station refer to their feathered friend as the Iron Parrot. Read more

Magen David Adom ambulance driver fatally shot

MDA ambulance driver Aharon Chaimov was murdered, shot while driving his MDA ambulance on his way to treat the wounded in his city, Ofakim, during the Hamas attack on Israel. Read more

Fire Commissioner: worst blaze in Jerusalem area caused by Man

The worst blaze to wreak havoc on the forests surrounding Jerusalem in decades was caused by man, firefighting investigators estimate. Read more

Israelis fight despair while aiding survivors, rescuers in Florida calamity

“I saw in the news that you were coming from Israel for us, and I was waiting for you,” says a tearful young woman in Surfside, Florida, to members of the Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit  (PCRU) from United Hatzalah of Israel…writes Abigail Klein Leichman. Read more

Happy 90th birthday MDA!

The story of Israel’s ambulance service Magen David Adom began exactly 90 years ago, on June 7, 1930, when the British High Commissioner approved the registration of the Association for Rapid Assistance as an association. Read more

Zion meets Yuval

About 6 months ago, 3½ Zion Amit from Lod was diagnosed with leukemia and has now met Yuval HaMebulbal the star of the children’s TV show who put a smile on her face. Read more

MDA moves national dispatch centre to reinforced facility

Magen David Adom, Israel’s national EMS organization, has dedicated its new National Operations Centre… a dispatch centre east of Tel Aviv that’s housed in a reinforced and partially subterranean facility designed to be protected against missile, chemical and biological attack. Read more

65% of Israel’s LGBT community willing to donate blood under new plan

Israel’s Ministry of Health procedures have been changed to include donations from male members of the LGBT community under condition that 12 months have passed since donors had sexual relations. Read more

Baby milk bank

In April of 2018, the first national Breast Milk Bank is set to open in Israel. Read more

Magen David Adom launches electric bike squad

Magen David Adom is introducing electric bikes into its array of vehicles in Israel with each bike equipped with resuscitation equipment. Read more

World wide call for emergency response seminar

Israel’s Magen David Adom has invited medical practitioners from around the world to a specialised seminar being held in Israel at the end of March focusing on emergency response. Read more

Triple Dose of David

Australian business luminary David Gonski has participated in three communal functions in less than 24 hours…a Magen David Adom lunch, a cocktail party for the Moriah Foundation and breakfast with the JNF. Read more