MDA israel

The funeral procession for R’ Chaim Kanievsky, attended by hundreds of thousands of people, took place on Sunday with no serious incidents. Magen David Adom teams who had been on standby since the early hours of the morning along the funeral route and in the cemetery, treated a few dozen patients who fainted, felt weak or had sustained minor injuries. 15 of whom were conveyed to hospitals, including Maaynei Hayeshua, Wolfson, Beilinson, and Sheba Tel Hashomer.

Magen David Adom provided medical cover with hundreds of EMTs, Paramedics and First Aiders from across Israel, using dozens of MICUs, ambulances, medicycles, buses, as well as 50 teams on foot. Advanced Command and Control centers with unique and specialist communications systems used during the event worked faultlessly despite heavy pressures on the cellular systems in the area of the funeral.

MDA Director General Eli Bin: “Magen David Adom mourns the Torah great, R’ Chaim Kanievsky ZT”L. The medical cover for this event was on a national scale and a complex challenge, one of the largest in the history of the State of Israel, or faced by Magen David Adom as Israel’s National Rescue Service. The preparation was at an unprecedented level, in full cooperation with the relevant Government offices, Israel Police, the IDF and local authorities. The funeral passed with no serious incidents, and the hundreds of EMTs and Paramedics who had been out in the field since the early hours of the morning treated minor ailments only, such as weakness, faints or minor injuries. Large numbers of MDA teams are still spread across the Bnei Brak region until this evening in order to provide medical care to the hundreds of thousands still in the city.”