MDA News

5771 HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:36:33 GMT

BEST WISHES TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FOR A HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR. �� MAGEN DAVID ADOM IN ISRAEL

Sarah Cascella Visit to the West Midlands Ambulance Service

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 09:19:09 GMT

My last visit in England had been an amazing 5 day trip, meeting the wonderful people of the Jewish Communities of different regions in

MDA Overseas Volunteers' Program - Yochai Porat

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:52:55 GMT

On Wednesday, 18th August 2010, fifty graduates of the overseas volunteer programme, who had been volunteering in MDA stations all over the country, gathered together

THE FRENCH ARE COMING

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:22:44 GMT

During the summer months, the city of Netanya fills up with French tourists. Everyone is speaking French in the shops, the hotels, the streets and on the beaches. Magen David

Gilad shalit - birthday greetings international campaign - A humanitarian gesture

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:18:52 GMT

On August 28, 2010 Gilad Shalit will mark his fifth birthday in captivity. MDA Director General Eli Bin is heading IsraeI's participation in the international campaign supported by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. A special website was launched www.giladgreetings.org

A CEREMONY IN APPRECIATION FOR THE IDF UNITS WHO EXCELLED IN DONATING BLOOD

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:51:31 GMT

The Blood Services of MDA held an award winning ceremony for the IDF units which had

CLOSING CEREMONY FOR THE MDA SUMMER COURSES

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:28:20 GMT

1000 graduates of the MDA summer courses have joined on August 11, 2010 the ranks of the veteran volunteers of the organisation as professional First Aid providers and workers

ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE DROWNING INCIDENTS IN ISRAEL OCCUR AT THE DEAD SEA

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:54:25 GMT

The common concept amongst hikers and holidaymakers in the Dead Sea area is that bathing in the lowest point of the world is safer

Pennsylvanian Legislators and members of the Pennsylvanian Jewish Federation are on a fact finding mission in Israeli

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:43:42 GMT

Pennsylvanian Legislators and members of the Pennsylvanian Jewish Federation are on a fact

An MDA delegation from Marseilles visits Magen David Adom

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:49:16 GMT

Last Thursday the Director General of Magen David Adom hosted a delegation of the Friends of Magen David Adom from the city of Marseilles in France. Before their meeting

�THE GUIDE TO BASIC CPR IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS� IN ARABIC

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:11:14 GMT

Further to the work plan of the Training Department for the years 2009 and 2010, we have increased the training for the MDA

Training sessions for groups of French and Belgian tourists in hotels in Israel

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:01:49 GMT

This week the training sessions in First Aid started for groups of tourists from France and Belgium. The training includes learning about the Magen David Adom Organisation

INTERNATIONAL AID VISIT TO MDA

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:20:58 GMT

A remarkable visit to MDA by a remarkable man took place in mid-July. The founder and director of International Aid Trust, Rev Bernard Cocker, and his wife Elaine were visitors to MDA on their recent 10-day trip to Israel

TOURISM MINISTER CRITICISES ABANDONMENT OF DEFRIBRILLATOR LAW

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:08:37 GMT

Tourism Minister, Stas Meseznikov, says that cancelling the law requiring that CPR defibrillator machines be located in public places will have a cost in human lives

Magen David Adom in Cast Lead Operations � The Film

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:50:05 GMT

More training at MDA

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:58:10 GMT

In the last week of June there was a training course for the National Disaster Response Team (NDRT) of Magen David Adom. The objectives of this team are to fulfill the tasks of Magen David Adom as a Red Cross Society

VISIT TO THE COMMUNITIES IN FRANCE - SUMMARY

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:47:30 GMT

Following a long and difficult journey between the Jewish communities in France, the volunteers of the French Desk returned to Israel, tired but satisfied. The last section

MDA WORKERS SUPPORT DIRECTOR GENERAL

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:43:52 GMT

Hundreds of Magen David Adom workers from all over the country gathered together at midday today (July 7, 2010), in Tel Aviv, at a rally in support of the MDA Directorate and its Director

International Blood Donor Day Ceremony June 14, 2010

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:42:57 GMT

On June 14, 2010 MDA blood services celebrated the International Blood Donor ceremony by noting the "young blood donors"

MDA celebrates Ike Gilinsky, former chair of MDA South Africa's 90th birthday at MDA Kyriat Shmona - weekly update

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:12:36 GMT

MDA celebrates Ike Gilinsky, former chair of MDA South Africa's 90th birthday at MDA Kyriat Shmona - July 7, 2010 Ike Gilinsky's children

Ms. Jacqueline Goldman and her family at MDA Jerusalem - June 2010 - weekly update

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:08:32 GMT

The co-founder of AFMDA Palm Beach Chapter and National Board Member of AFMDA, accompanied by her two sons and two

Professional seminar training at MDA France.

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:23:08 GMT

FThe intensive activities of the volunteers of the French Desk continue

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 04:44:37 GMT

The intensive activities of the volunteers of the French Desk continue.......... The volunteers of the French Desk are continuing with their activities within the Jewish communities

FREE JOURNEY? TWO BABIES BORN IN A TAXI

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 04:30:44 GMT

During one shift, an MDA team from Ayalon Region delivered two babies whilst their mothers were being taken to hospital by taxi. Will the babies be entitled to free journeys for

AT THE HEIGHT OF THE WEDDING: GRANDSON SAVES HIS GRANDMOTHER'S LIFE

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:49:54 GMT

MDA DM and EU Projects coordinator Chaim Ragalowski rep[resented MDA at an international conference organized by the Lazio region (Rome) health authorities

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:30:17 GMT

Last month, Chaim Rafalowski was invited as speaker to an international conference organized by the Lazio region (Rome) health authorities, in order to compare different EMS services. MDA was chosen as a model EMS

"THE CHAIN OF SAVING LIFE" TO GO PUBLIC

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:28:29 GMT

The Ministry of Trade and Industry plans to place Defibrillators (Resuscitation machines) in public places. The locations of these machines will be done such that, when used, they will

A SHIFT IN PARIS

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:19:51 GMT

After a tour around the centre of Paris, we arrive at the regional headquarters of the Red Cross. After being warmly received, we go through a legal conversion, and put on the uniform of the Red Cross...... The shift

SUMMER ACTIVITIES OF THE DELEGATION FROM THE FRENCH DESK IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN FRANCE

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:13:50 GMT

During the stay of the Magen David Adom representatives in the Jewish Communities of France, the members of the delegation came

SUMMER ACTIVITIES - THE FRENCH DESK OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 03:51:21 GMT

This year, our French Desk summer activities began earlier than usual and varied from the usual. Instead of traveling from one children's summer camp, run by the French Jewish