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Due to a shortage of blood units in MDA's blood services center and veterinary blood units at the veterinary medical center 'Vet-patients' who joined hands and forces to raise as many blood units s as possible. The special operation that took place together with the Pre Army program - Mechina Kol Ami Jewish Peoplehood Leadership Academy intended to raise the awareness and the importance of blood donation to people and pets.

During the blood drive, while dog owners and dozens of civilians donated 31 blood units in the MDA bloodmobile vehicle, blood donations were taken from the dogs at the Veterinary Medical Center "Vet-patients". Since each blood donation of a dog lasts about an hour, only four dogs donated yesterday, but thanks to the publication, dozens more future blood donations of dogs and cats were registered to the Blood Bank of Vet-Patients. According to Ophir Niv, Director of the Veterinary Medical Center 'Vet-hospital patients': "The cooperation between the two bodies, MDA and Vet-Hospital patients, is important not only for raising awareness - but also for saving humans and animals through blood donations. On both sides there was hope that this was the beginning of a blessed partnership. A special thank you is sent to all the Mechina Kol Ami Jewish peoplehood leadership academy who were the spirit behind this blood donation operation."

Yaakov Mohadav, Jerusalem Blood Drive Coordinator: "This is a unique event, as we saw the importance of blood donation to save human lives and also to save dogs - their best friends. We thank Mechina Kol Ami Jewish peoplehood leadership academy for this exciting initiative that enabled Magen David Adom to take part in such an important blood drive. Thanks also to the Veterinary Medical Center 'Vet-patient Hospital' for allowing us to have the blood drive on their premises. We believe that this collaboration will generate more blood donations in the future and will allow us to help dogs and humans alike."