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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 427

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Soldiers wounded in the Gaza Strip are brought to Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, May 15, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 22, 2024, 1:04 pm
As more troops survive injuries, some credit battlefield transfusions of whole blood
IDF only military in the world currently performing procedure pioneered by US army; while no proof yet to declare it a panacea, fight against Hezbollah may prove its worth
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Staff work at the Magen David Adom's (MDA) Marcus National Blood Services Center, in Ramla, October 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)
November 4, 2023, 8:17 am
Underground blood bank proves its worth amid rocket barrages
Fortified structure in Ramla has molecular lab, air-filtration system to let staff work even during chemical or biological warfare, safe room to shield against missile attacks
By Alon Bernstein and SAM MEDNICK
Part of the long line of MDA blood donors at Jerusalem's Pais Arena on October 10, 2023 (Jessica Steinberg/ Times of Israel)
October 10, 2023, 8:44 am
At Magen David Adom blood drive, a show of force by Israelis of every type
Hundreds from all walks of life stand in line for up to 11 hours at Jerusalem’s Pais Arena in order to donate for devastated nation after Hamas bloodbath
By Jessica Steinberg
Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health (left), receives the Champion of Global Human Health Award from Professor Yitshak Kreiss, director general of Sheba Medical Center, Washington, April 30, 2023. (Ron Sachs/CNP)
May 1, 2023, 4:51 pm
Sheba Medical Center presents Dr. Anthony Fauci with award for COVID cooperation
In one of his final acts as director of US infectious diseases institute, Fauci signed an agreement for joint research partnership utilizing Sheba’s unique blood sample bank
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Blood units are unpacked after they arrive by drone at the Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya, March 28, 2023. (Roni Albert/Galilee Medical Center)
April 9, 2023, 5:41 am
Israel tests drone delivery for blood and other critical medical supplies
In times of war and natural disaster, drones could be the fastest and most efficient way to get blood products and medicines to hospitals in the periphery and to IDF in the field
By Renee Ghert-Zand
President Isaac Herzog at Beit Hanassi, the President's Residence in Jerusalem, April 2022 (Ariel Jerozolimski for The Times of Israel)
May 3, 2022, 2:16 pm
Daily Briefing May 3: President on his ‘soft power’; Elite and the chocolate factory
Political correspondent Tal Schneider discusses highlights from Herzog interview and health writer Nathan Jeffay analyzes the Strauss salmonella outbreak and a new blood bank
By ToI Staff
The world’s most protected blood bank, newly opened in Israel (courtesy of American Friends of Magen David Adam)
May 2, 2022, 9:26 pm
Israel opens world’s most protected blood bank, rocket-proof and underground
Blood is a ‘strategic asset,’ so $135M. Magen David Adom facility has thick concrete walls and defense against missiles, biological and chemical attacks, earthquakes, cyberterror
By Nathan Jeffay
A woman and her dog, after both giving blood, at a human-and-canine donation day. (Moran Baranes)
December 10, 2021, 12:11 pm
Israelis and their dogs donate blood together, in new drive to bolster supplies
Human and canine blood banks in Israel are both in need, and Magen David Adom expects to increase donations if owners and their four-legged friends attend as pair
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative. A young girl gives blood at a Magen David Adom mobile blood donation center. (Daniel Dreifuss/Flash90)
September 25, 2019, 5:16 pm
Israel to get state-of-art, missile-proof blood bank to meet growing demand
The new facility, in the city of Ramle, will be the world’s first underground protected blood bank; it will be equipped with the latest tech and hold a bigger blood supply
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative: A mother holds a baby, with a bottle of breast milk at foreground. (Pilin_Petunyia/iStock by Getty images)
November 26, 2017, 7:54 pm
MDA to open Israel’s first breastmilk bank
Breastfeeding mothers will soon be able to donate excess milk for premature babies and those in hospital
By ToI Staff
February 13, 2017, 11:21 am
Race against time to fly blood to stricken Israeli in Peru
Emergency service seeking permits to bring units to save the life of critically ill Zohar Katz, 21
By Stuart Winer
The violent protest over blood donations in January 1996 (photo credit: Flash 90)
December 8, 2016, 7:39 pm
Ministry lifts ban on Ethiopian blood donations
Move to accept blood from immigrants from Ethiopia comes after charges of racism and brings Israel into line with western nations
By Sue Surkes
November 29, 2016, 11:05 pm
Citing blood shortages, Magen David Adom calls for donors
Emergency rescue service says it has serious need for both O positive and Rh negative types
By Stuart Winer and Judah Ari Gross
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