“It’s lucky that this wonderful organization called MDA exists here in the State of Israel.”
Member of the Foreign Affairs and Security Committee, and former Minister of Welfare and Community Safety, MK Meir Cohen (Yesh Atid), this evening visited Magen David Adom’s National Dispatch Center in Kiryat Ono, where he met MDA Director General Eli Bin and other members of senior management, in the light of the “Iron Swords” War.
MK Cohen was briefed on the organization’s activities during war and emergency times, had an extensive tour of the 101 Emergency Call Center, met the MDA teams who are saving lives during Red Alert sirens and the escalation across the country, and heard stories from the EMTs and Paramedics who provided medical care under rocket fire and live shooting during the first moments of the battles, alongside stories of heroism of MDA staff who lost their lives while providing medical aid.
Member of the Foreign Affairs and Security Committee, and former Minister of Welfare and Community Safety, MK Meir Cohen: “I’m leaving here filled with wonder. I can sum it up in one sentence. ‘We’re lucky that this incredible organization called MDA exists here in Israel.’ The stories are tales of people’s heroism, they are a tale of an organization that reaches every corner and save lives, and adds a great deal of security, of the State of Israel’s communal resilience. I feel it is my obligation to bless everyone, from the Director General to the last of the volunteers. Special people, a special organization. Well done for what they do. We all owe this organization a huge thank you.”
MDA Director General Eli Bin: “I’d like to thank MK Meir Cohen, Member of the Foreign Affairs and Security Committee, and former Minister of Welfare and Community Safety, for taking the time to come here to MDA, during a war, in order to strengthen and support that life-saving teams who are working around the clock, and working under emergency condition with their lives at risk. Magen David Adom teams who have been active since the outbreak of the “Iron Swords” War, have been in bolstered numbers across the country, and continue to provide first aid and medical assistance in difficult, complex field conditions, in order to continue saving lives.”