Apr 7, 2021
IDF is 1st army in the world to vaccinate 80% of its personnel; Doctors from Israel’s Sheba Medical Centre in the UAE to treat diabetes patients; Tel Aviv University researchers participate in international research to prevent snakebites; and much more!
By Michael Ordman
IDF has herd immunity
Israel Defense Forces was the first army in the world to vaccinate over 80% of its personnel. The whole operation was conducted with military precision in just 10 weeks without wasting a single vial. Currently, no IDF member has died from Covid-19 and only one had a serious infection.
Treating diabetics & women in Dubai
United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Alan Malka
We were looking for a Jewish St. Patty story and couldn’t find one that didn’t involve excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages. But then our friends at United Hatzalah sent us this tale of a Petah Tikvah EMT who performed a successful CPR on a cardiac arrest patient for the second time in two months and figured this will count as a luck of the Irish story, but with Jews.
On Tuesday morning, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Alan Malka was at home in Petah Tikva getting his day started after a late night shift, when he heard the sound coming from his emergency communications device. Alan recognized the address very well, on Ya’akov Krol Street, where he had responded to an emergency and performed CPR that wasnât immediately successful, but save the patient’s life in the long-run.