Chairperson of the Knesset Committee on his visit to MDA’s National Operations Center
"While the country is in the midst of the Corona crisis, MDA has proven its importance more than ever during these complex times”
MK Eitan Ginzburg (Blue and White), Chairperson of the Knesset Committee, visited MDA’s National Operations Center in Kiryat Ono last week and was accompanied by MDA Director General Eli Bin and senior members of the organization. MK Ginzburg conducted a comprehensive tour of the center and met with the MDA teams. He learned about the various areas of expertise and MDA’s activities as Israel’s National Emergency Medical and Blood Services Organization at the forefront of the corona virus crisis.
During the tour, MK Ginzburg received an overview of the organization's response to the corona crisis in the past eight months as well as the organization’s emergency and routine activities. MK Ginzburg was presented with the professional, fast and efficient corona virus sampling system that MDA has been operating since the beginning of the corona crisis throughout the country in conjunction with the Home Front Command and the HMOs. In addition, he learned about the plasma donation system from Corona patients who have recovered that is being held at MDA blood services.
Lastly, he learned about the plasma donation system which is in place at the MDA Blood Services which takes plasma from recovered corona virus patients to provide antibodies to moderate and severe patients.
In addition, MDA team members spoke to MK Ginzburg about the organization's activities and presented him with the “ MDA in the Community” project, which is expected to reduce the need to evacuate patients to the emergency rooms by 30%, thus alleviating the overcrowding in the hospitals. He was also being briefed about hundreds of smart defibrillators placed by MDA throughout the country and on the unique intensive care bus developed by the organization in cooperation with the IDF. In addition, he toured the organization's National Dispatch Center, met with volunteers and employees and was exposed to the many life saving technologies developed by MDA.
MK Eitan Ginzburg, Chairperson of the Knesset Committee: "MDA does sacred work. It is based on about 25,000 volunteers, who work day and night to provide emergency medical services to all of us, which are more in demand today. I was happy to receive an overview of the blessed and diverse activities they hold and tour their call center, which receives all incoming calls and coordinates and operates the array of emergency vehicles. I thank you for the opportunity to hear about the needs and see with my own eyes what it takes for them to continue to function in the best way to continue to save lives. "
