Monthly Archives: May 2020

Celebrating Iftar and Lag B’Omer

Posted on May 17, 2020

Yossi Dagan, head of the Samaria Regional Council, celebrated Lag B’Omer and Iftar with local Arab and Muslim leaders. They included Sheikh Abu Khalil Tamimi of Ramallah, Mohammed Massad of Jenin and other leaders who hid their identities. Some interesting … Continue reading →

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First Haredi woman minister

Posted on May 17, 2020

Omer Yankelevich is the first Haredi (Ultra-Orthodox) woman to become an Israeli government minister – of diaspora affairs. She was educated in Haredi schools in both Gateshead (UK) and Bnei Brak. She has a BA degree from Cambridge (UK) and … Continue reading →

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First Ethiopian-Israeli woman minister

Posted on May 17, 2020

Pnina Tamanu-Shata is the first Israeli woman of Ethiopian origin to become an Israeli government minister – of immigration absorption. She came to Israel in Operation Moses in 1984 when she was three years old. Benny Gantz was one of … Continue reading →

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Surgeons save Arab with metal rod through his head

Posted on May 17, 2020

Kamel Abdel Rahman fell from the second floor of the apartment he is building. He landed on a metal rod that penetrated his head from left cheek to right ear. Surgeons at Jerusalem’s Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital extracted the rod … Continue reading →

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Detecting heart problems in coronavirus patients

Posted on May 17, 2020

Israel’s DiA Imaging Analysis (reported here previously) uses its AI image analysis of ultrasound scans to detect cardiac problems.  DiA has received a NIS 2.5 million grant from the Israel Innovation Authority to roll out its system to hospitals treating … Continue reading →

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2-year-old Palestinian Arab boy saved

Posted on May 17, 2020

Surgeons at Israel’s Save a Child’s Heart performed open heart surgery on two-year-old Hamza Ali Mohammed, who was born with life-threatening congenital heart disease. He has been hospitalized during the coronavirus pandemic but has now returned to his family in … Continue reading →

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Good news for bone-marrow transplants

Posted on May 17, 2020

Israeli biotech Gamida Cell (see here) published positive results in its Phase 3, 50-center trial of NiCord (now called Omidubicel) that aims to increase the success of bone marrow transplants in blood cancer patients. The stem cells were established much … Continue reading →

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New crisis ICU for Sheba hospital

Posted on May 17, 2020

Israel’s Sheba Medical Center has inaugurated a new intensive care unit with hundreds of beds to provide crisis response in future national emergencies. A significant donation for the unit was received from philanthropist Roman Abramovich, a long-time donor of Sheba … Continue reading →

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How MDA prevented an even larger disaster

Posted on May 17, 2020

Emergency service Magen David Adom and its 24,000 volunteers were critical to Israel’s pandemic strategy. Its trained volunteer call center handled over 100,000 calls a day and it minimized hospitalizations by testing 240,000 patients away from hospitals. https://www.jpost.com/opinion/how-israel-prevented-an-even-larger-covid-19-disaster-627486

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US approves Covid-19 imaging tech detection

Posted on May 17, 2020

The US FDA has allowed the use of previously cleared technology developed by Israel’s Aidoc Medical.to detect lung anomalies in CT-scans that are associated with coronavirus (Covid-19). It provides early detection of infected patients who show no coronavirus symptoms. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3820032,00.html

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