Regards from the Front!

We are proud of our medical students who immediately answered the call for reserve duty in the IDF. Below are a few examples:

R. is a 31 year old captain. She is a medical officer in the Judea and Samaria brigade, in charge of three battalions. She is responsible for the medical response in the Ramallah sector during both routine and non-routine activities. R. was called up immediately at the beginning of the war and was able to go home only after one month.

S. is a 34 year old deputy commander of a reserve medical company in the Gaza Strip. His company is located near the Gaza border. The company has over 100 soldiers, including about a dozen doctors, dozens of medics and combat soldiers, ambulance drivers and more. They receive all the wounded and killed who leave Gaza, then send them to hospitals by helicopter or ambulance. Part of the company also has a unit responsible for searching and finding victims. 

T. is a 30 year old from the center of the country who now lives in the North. He is a combat soldier in the patrol battalion of a division which was in combat in Gaza and have been given a short break to "recharge their batteries."

M. is a 29 year old who does reserve duty in the medical corps, training medical teams in the south division - doctors, medics, casualty collection personnel, front medical squad, and logistics soldiers. The training includes instruction and guidance regarding how to act in the field, how to perform field surgeries, hemostasis, trauma, and emergency tasks.

E. is 32 years old, serving in the infantry, northern command. His brother was murdered when he was 13 years old by a Palestinian terrorist who infiltrated their settlement. E. was 18 years old at the time, just before enlistment. His brother managed to walk home, fatally wounded. Attempts at resuscitation were unsuccessful and he held his brother as he took his last breath.

And regards from our Benny Dayan, Computer and Pedagogy Technician: