MDA is Preparing to Provide Stand-by Medical Care
MDA is Preparing to Provide Stand-by Medical Care for the Hundreds of Thousands who will Arrive at the Meron Celebration (Hilula)
During the celebration in Meron, Magen David Adom in the north of the country will operate on high alert and more than 200 MDA ambulances will be prepared to respond to any scenario and provide full, immediate and professional medical treatment for any call received. Magen David Adom forces from all over the country, in cooperation with
23 rescue organizations who operate under MDA throughout the year, will standby to provide care for the hundreds of thousands of celebrants. After preparations that began at the end of the celebration last year, Magen David Adom together with the volunteers of all the rescue organizations and in full coordination with the Israel Police, including the emergency and security forces and the National Center for the Development of the Holy Sites, prepared for the arrival of hundreds of thousands of people. On Wednesday May 22, 2019. Hundreds of doctors, paramedics, EMTs, MDA ambulances, MICUs, medicycles special rescue vehicles, and Lahak helicopters will stand by and be alerted if necessary. From Wednesday until the end of the Hilula, MDA will operate a special command and control center for the first time from the national command post, which enables the use of the most advanced technologies in the world. Two clinics have been established in Meron, and a reserve, on foot force of hundreds of EMTs and paramedics will be deployed to provide immediate medical treatment for any medical need. The task of providing medical care at the Rashbi celebration in Meron will be carried out by Magen David Adom, Israel's National Emergency Medical Services Organization, in cooperation with volunteers of the 23 rescue organizations operating under MDA and in full cooperation throughout the year.
MDA Director-General, Eli Bin: "The Hilula in Meron is one of the great public events that MDA is required to prepare for. Every year, MDA forces are deployed in the field and are prepared in advance for a wide range of possible scenarios, in order to provide the best, fastest, most efficient and quality medical response to the celebrants, and this year we have prepared for a wide range of extreme scenarios. I ask the public to observe the safety instructions and to listen to the instructions of the security forces and the security personnel on the ground, for any medical need, contact MDA by dialing 101 or through the "My MDA" cellular application. I thank the MDA volunteers and the many volunteers from the dedicated rescue organizations. Thanks to Rabbi Yosef Schweinger, Director General of the National Center for the Development of the Holy Sites, and to Rabbi Israel Deri, responsible for the Holy Sites in the northern region, and I wish all of us that the celebration will pass with joy and prayer. "
