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Mifal HaPayis and MDA have begun to place AEDs at crucial public places under the joint venture * As part of the project, 600 initial advanced devices will be deployed with wireless communication to MDA's 101 Emergency Call Center * Devices will be installed outside Mifal HaPayis booths to be accessible to the public even when the booth is closed. The maintenance, and operation of the devices will be the sole responsibility of MDA

Mifal HaPayis is currently launching a joint project with MDA. Joint teams have already begun this week to place the devices in the Lottery booths across the country.

The project aims to provide an electric shock to the heart in cases of out of hospital cardiac arrest as quickly as possible and increase the number of lives saved in such instances.

How will the process work?

- A citizen identifies a case of cardiac arrest in a public setting

- The person calls the 101 Emergency Call Center and receives instructions: both to identify the defibrillator closest to their location, which is located outside the Mifal HaPayis booth, to assess the patient and to provide life saving treatment until the arrival of emergency teams.

- Continue with integrated training – verbal instructions from the defibrillator itself and ongoing support from MDA's trained 101 Emergency Call Center dispatchers, providing an electric shock for the patient and waiting on site, until medical teams arrive.

The chairperson of Mifal HaPayis, CPA Avigdor Yitzhaki: "The purpose of the venture is to save human lives. Deploying the AED devices in the Mifal HaPayis sales booths will enable, in some cases, immediate primary care in the urban area and, in some cases, even save the lives of The most common cause of death in Israel and around the world - cardiac arrest. Mifal HaPayis understands the importance of the project, and invests many resources for the community and Israeli society and there is no greater social purpose than saving human lives. I congratulate the Mifal HaPayis Board who understood the importance of the project, approved it and immediately joined the mission

MDA Director General Eli Bin: "Collaboration with the Mifal HaPayis through the placement of CPR devices in public places is an example of creative collaboration for the sake of saving lives. This is certainly an important and clear step that will save lives and increase the chances of survival of those suffering from cardiac arrest near, and perhaps even without irreversible brain damage. I thank the chairman of Mifal HaPayis, CPA Avigdor Yitzhaki, for his first-line stance, alongside MDA, with concern for public health."