Monthly Archives: May 2020

Ventilator hood protects medical staff

Posted on May 3, 2020

Israel’s Tamar Robotics, founded by alumni of Israel’s Technion Institute, have developed an acrylic covering for coronavirus patients receiving oxygen. It prevents medical staff from being infected. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA1Jwu-6S2g&t=101s

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Build a low-cost ventilator

Posted on May 3, 2020

300 businesses and non-profits around the world have taken up the free Israeli design (reported here previously) for the AmboVent ventilator for critical coronavirus patients. Its inventors estimate it can be produced for just $500 and help avert a collapse … Continue reading →

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IDF converts 100 respirators into ventilators

Posted on May 3, 2020

Nearly 150 IDF engineers worked with doctors and scientists from Sheba’s ARC innovation center to convert non-invasive respirators into 100 invasive BiPap ventilators. They can serve more than one patient at a time and be linked up to a central … Continue reading →

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Arab-Israelis light Independence Day torches

Posted on May 3, 2020

The honor of lighting three of Israel’s twelve Independence Day torches was given to Arab-Israeli MDA volunteer Yasmeen Mazzawi, Druze IDF commander Colonel Hisham Ibrahim and Arab-Israeli nurse Ahmad Balauna. Youtube below is I24 interview of Yasmeen Mazzawi. https://www.timesofisrael.com/grounded-israelis-begin-subdued-independence-day-with-salute-to-medical-staff/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEScI16VKEE

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Delivering food to the needy in California

Posted on May 3, 2020

Volunteers with Israeli NGO IsraAID are partnering with regional food banks and US veterans organizations, among others, to deliver food to Californians in need. They have been working in Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange County, San Jose and Santa Barbara. … Continue reading →

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Combatting coronavirus in Africa

Posted on May 3, 2020

Here is the latest video from Innovation: Africa.  It shows the Israeli NGO’s latest work bringing clean water and electricity to remote African villages which are at serious risk of being overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzOlVNlLDYQ

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Sheba partners NIH for coronavirus research

Posted on May 3, 2020

Israel’s Sheba Medical Center and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the medical research agency of the US, are joining forces to undertake applied scientific and clinical research to find treatments to fight the coronavirus pandemic. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-sheba-medical-and-americas-nih-to-join-forces-on-covid-19-research/

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Arab doctor carries the Sefer

Posted on May 3, 2020

Dr. Abed Zahalka of the Mayanei Hayeshua Hospital in Bnei Brak has formed deep ties to the Haredi community in the city. Dressed in full protective equipment, the Arab-Israeli doctor recently brought a holy Torah scroll into the coronavirus ward … Continue reading →

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Arabs fight in Israel’s war

Posted on May 3, 2020

In Israel’s war against the coronavirus, Jewish and Arab doctors work side by side. Israel’s public broadcaster reported “This is the first time that Israel is conducting a war and Arab citizens have been recruited”. Arabs comprise 17% of Israel’s … Continue reading →

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Computers for special needs children

Posted on May 3, 2020

The Jerusalem municipality in partnership with the Jerusalem Foundation have distributed dozens of tablet computers to children with special needs. Mayor Moshe Lion stated, “During this crisis, determined actions are needed to support families with special needs children.” https://jerusalemfoundation.org/news-updates/2019/helping-those-who-need-the-most-support-in-jerusalem.aspx

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