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This is the first part of a roundtable discussion on Technology and Innovation that was held at the AIPAC policy conference in 2011. This is an annual event and the panel speaks about the latest Israeli innovations. More than 10,000 people attended the conference —the largest in AIPAC's history.
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An Israeli hospital is set up in the capitol of Haiti, Port-au-Prince, after the devastating earthquake. This video shows how Israeli soldiers saved the lives of children who were affected by this natural disaster. Israeli Soldiers are providing specialized and emergency care to the victims of this earthquake.
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Israel hosts an “Olympic competition” for medical teams. MDA (Magen David Adom) is similar to the United States’ organization “red Cross.” At their annual MDA Olympic competition, participants form 12 countries travel to Israel and learn important medical emergency skills. The winner of the competition is the country team that demonstrates the most professional and proper response to these staged medical emergencies. Dramatic actors, fake blood, and props are all used to help train these doctors and see who has the best knowledge of emergency medicine.
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Hear from an ABC reporter in Haiti who describes the ability and capacity of Israel’s Emergency Field Hospital. Learn how Israel’s medical assistance programs were set up days before the United States’ in the wake of the 2010 earthquake. This news report depicts the magnificent emergency medical facilities that Israel implemented in Haiti.
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In this video, learn about a miraculous search and rescue mission in which Israeli soldiers manage to save a man who was pinned under a building in Port-au-Prince Haiti after the 2010 earthquake. The man was trapped there for four days without food or water and after eight hours of work, the Israelis manage to get him out of the collapsed building and transport him to a field hospital they’ve set up in the city. At that hospital, Israeli doctors just saved a mother and her newborn son. The mother named him after the country that saved his life.
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A Fox news reporter visits a field hospital set up by Israel in Port-au-Prince Haiti in the aftermath of the earthquake that hit in 2010. See how Israeli doctors are giving their time and energy. Some doctors even donated blood to save the lives of Haitians. They set up a premier emergency medical facility and are able to perform surgery and provide care to hundreds of individuals each day.
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In this video, learn how 48 hours after the earthquake in Haiti, Israel had landed two 747s, one filled with supplies and the other with personnel, to help the victims in Haiti. Israel set up advanced medical facilities, provided psychiatrists, set up imaging equipment, and even had a neo-natal intensive care unit for infants born in the aftermath of the disaster. See how Israeli aid workers saved lives in Haiti.
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Members of a group called “Dream Doctors” accompany the organization “Israeli Flying Aid” to Haiti to assist in the aftermath of the 2010 devastating earthquake. Dream Doctors are specially trained medical clowns that are trained nurses who also bring joy and laughter to child patients and their families. Watch this video to see how these medical clowns brought song, laughter, and joy to those suffering in Haiti.
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