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Magen David Adom Paramedic Saved Dozens on Oct. 7


(Jerusalem Post) Magen David Adom (MDA) paramedic Alisa Krant, 23, saved dozens on Oct. 7, 2023. Her day began in Ashkelon in a mobile intensive care unit, with her team treating casualties from the initial wave of rocket attacks. Later they drove through active combat zones, risking their lives to evacuate the wounded from communities near the Gaza border, including Kibbutz Zikim and Yad Mordechai. Among the patients Krant treated that day was Rami Cohen, a police officer who had been shot near the Sderot police station. Krant performing a thoracentesis to open his chest airways, saving his life. Later, she helped convert a civilian evacuation bus in Netivot into a mobile medical unit. "People ask me all the time, 'How did you do it?' But how could I not do it?" Krant said. More than three dozen MDA personnel have been killed since the war began.
2025-05-29 00:00:00
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