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MDA 85 Online 0 3 110 6 MDA 85 OnLine 0 3 110 6 Look for us on facebook https://www.facebook.com/ Like MDASchweiz/ Wave of Terror Marcus Foundation Makes Historic Grant to American Friends of MDA A Leading Visit of AVIS – Italian Blood A Promise Kept After 26 Year Donors Organization and the Director of Piedmont Blood Services MDA and Israel France Knesset Deputy Speake Fund Cooperation MK Nurit Koren Visited the MDA Did you know? The average national response time for an MDA ambulance and MICU is 8 minutes after the first call is received Raising Awareness of Blood Pressure Teaching Refugees First Aid Week in Gilboa Region Wave of Terror Summary of Magen David Adom activities during the Wave of Terror Since the beginning of the Wave of Terror, September 13th 2015 until March 8th at 21:30, MDA teams provided medical lifesaving treatment to 372 victims, 34 of which have died and 338 were injured: 36 in severe condition, 8 in moderate to severe condition, 53 in moderate condition, 13 in mild to moderate condition, and 228 in mild condition. In addition, MDA teams have assisted more than 115 people, suffering from stress symptoms. Photos: MDA Spokesmen 2 Marcus Foundation Makes Historic $25 Million Grant to American Friends of Magen David Adom to Build New National Blood Center for Israel Amid an ongoing wave of terror in Israel, American The current building is also problematic in that it doesn’t Friends of Magen David Adom (AFMDA) has received meet Israel’s current codes for earthquake compliance, a $25 million gift from the Atlanta-based Marcus a challenge in a country that sits on two active seismic Foundation to help Magen David Adom (MDA) build fault lines, a real and imminent danger that’s been a critically needed new national blood center in Israel. overshadowed by the wars and terrorist attacks Israelis The historic grant is the largest-ever benefitting MDA, have had to endure. Israel’s 86-year old national ambulance, blood-services, The new blood center will be a safe, underground, and disaster-relief agency. The grant was announced and secure complex, complete with sophisticated at AFMDA’s annual Boca-Delray Community Event on ventilation systems in the event of chemical attacks, but March 31 at St. Andrews Country Club in Boca Raton, also housing state-of-the-art laboratories and blood- Fla. Billi and Bernie Marcus, the Foundation’s co- processing units. And as Israelis continue dealing with founders, were honored with the Humanitarian of the a deadly wave of terrorist stabbings, shootings, and Year award at the dinner. car-ramming in which 33 civilians have been killed The new building, to be named the Marcus National since mid-September, the need for a clean and reliable Blood Services Center, will be located in Ramla, blood supply has only been reinforced. in central Israel. The current blood center, in Tel “We are overwhelmingly indebted to The Marcus HaShomer and built in 1987 with funding from AFMDA, Foundation for their remarkable generosity in making is vulnerable to attack as rockets fired from Gaza the largest gift in AFMDA’s history,” said AFMDA CEO during Israel’s conflict with Hamas terrorists in 2014 David M. Frankel. “It speaks to MDA’s critical role in forced MDA to quickly move the country’s blood supply Israel as one of the country’s most important national and its blood-processing operations into subterranean organizations. But it also recognizes the leadership and bomb shelters. vision of the Marcus family, and other donors like them, The blood supply, which is most commonly used to who have taken meaningful action to help alleviate the treat accident victims and people undergoing surgery, daily threat faced by Israelis.” including soldiers from the Israeli Defense Forces, is MDA is Israel’s national ambulance, blood-services, seen as especially crucial to Israel, which has had and disaster-relief organization, whose mission is to to contend with intermittent periods of terrorism and save lives. MDA also operates Israel’s national blood multiple armed conflicts since its founding in 1948. supply, providing 97 percent of civilian blood and 100 And that, in particular, has made building a new blood percent of the blood for the IDF. While government- center a priority for national security for Israel. mandated to provide these essential services, MDA is The current facility also no longer accommodates not government-funded. Israel’s growing population, which has grown from 4.1 The new blood center capital campaign is the most million people in the late 1980s to 8.5 million, today. ambitious fundraising project in MDA history, with a Israel’s population is expected to reach 10 million by goal of raising $115 million for construction of the new 2030. Bernie and Bill Marcus receive blood center. With the Marcus Foundation gift AFMDA The Humanitarian award Billy marcus, Charles has now raised $72 million toward the goal of building Krauthammer and the new facility. Barnie Marcus “MDA ensures that the people of Israel have a secure blood supply — the blood they need, when they need it,” Mr. Marcus said. Photos: Corby Kaye AFMDA'S Boca Delray Community Event 3 A Leading Visit of AVIS – Italian Blood Donors Organization and the Director of Piedmont Blood Services Initiated by Mr. Sami Sisa – Chair of the MDA friend Society in Italy, this week a group of AVIS (Association of Voluntary Italian Blood Donors) leaders, headed by Mr. Giorgio Groppo, accompanied by the director of the blood bank in Piedmont – northern Italy visited MDA and Israel. The purpose of the visit was to create professional relationships between AVIS, MDA's Blood Services and the Piedmont blood bank, which will include cooperation in research, encouraging and developing blood donations and volunteering blood donors, and mutual assistance in time of need. Currently, Israeli organizations find it difficult to form professional cooperation with their European colleagues, and MDA sees the importance of this visit and its future potential. AVIS is a central and important blood donors organization that intensively strives to enlarge the number of active volunteer blood donors in Italy. At the Piedmont area alone they have 12,000 registered active volunteers. The highlight of the visit was the signing ceremony on a Declaration of Intent for mutual professional and humanitarian cooperation between AVIS and Magen David Adom's blood services. Magen David Adom sees the importance in developing the professional relationships with AVIS in Italy for the good health and wellbeing of the citizens in both countries. The visit's program: A reception by the Italian Ambassador to Israel, Mr. Francesco Maria Taló. A visit to the W. H. Bloomberg MDA Jerusalem Station blood donation room, and the regional dispatching center. A visit to MDA National Medical Dispatching Center in Kiryat Ono, learning about the operational and medical abilities and the modern technologies. The highlight of the visit was a professional meeting with Prof. Eilat Shinar – Director of MDA Blood Services including a visit to the laboratories. A fruitful dialogue took place with regards to encouraging and enhancing blood donations from volunteering blood donors, and the constant challenge of insuring the safely supply of blood and blood components, using modern technologies activated by the two blood banks. At the end of the visit, the Declaration of Intent was signed between AVIS and the Blood Services of Magen David Adom. Prof. Shinar: MDA blood services salute the Italian Friends of MDA for orchestrating this important visit with our professional colleagues. The subject of recruiting volunteer blood donors is of upmost importance in securing the safety and quality of the blood inventory worldwide. This agreement opens an opportunity for fruitful collaboration between Italy and Israel." Photos: Yonatan Yagodovsky- International Department 4 A Promise Kept After 26 Year Plaque in memory of Leo Shubert z”l inside the ambulance It’s a story of true love that began before World War II and spanned over more than 50 years. On a sunny Sunday noon, the 28th of February 2016, Rosa, at 103 years of age, kept her promise to her beloved late husband Leo Shubert z"l – to donate a lifesaving ambulance to the people of Israel. Rosa and Leo began their life together in Ploiești Romania and made Aliyah in the late 1960's, at first living in Rishon LeZion and afterwards settling in Qiryat Haim. Leo, who was an expert in the field of oil refinement was forced to work under the Nazi occupation of Romania and suffered greatly. Upon coming to Israel with Rosa he returned to work in oil refinement at the refineries as an engineer until his passing in 1990. Before his passing Leo had left requested to use the money which he had saved for many years to purchase an ambulance for the people of Israel. 26 years after his passing Rosa, his beloved wife, fulfilled her promise and today the Ayalon 1407 lifesaving ambulance – operates out of the Rishon LeZion station serving the people of Ayalon Region. Rosa was visibly emotional and overjoyed when dedicating the ambulance with her close friends and family, finally having been able to make Leo's wish a reality. MDA representatives from the Fundraising and International Relations 1.Rosa with the ambulance department who were present at the special dedication thanked Rosa 2.Handing over of the keys for the extraordinary donation: "It is exciting to see the happiness and to the ambulance driver satisfaction that the ambulance has given Rosa, there is no doubt that Maher of the MDA Rishon there was a wonderful love between Rosa and Leo that is now perpetuated LeZion station 3.MDA representatives on an ambulance that will save many lives and help many people for years with Rosa and her sister to come.
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