MDA Helps Set Up Coronavirus Drive-Thru Testing in the Congo
Dan Gertler, Honorary Consul in Israel for the Democratic
Republic of the Congo, recently contacted Magen David Adom, seeking advice and
assistance in establishing in the Congo the same drive-thru testing facilities
for the coronavirus which have been operating for a month now in Israel.
MDA accepted the challenge and built a dedicated software
for managing a drive-thru facility in the Congo. In addition, MDA members have
prepared a training program incorporating videos and written procedures, which
they passed on to medical professionals who will operate the facility in
Africa.
“During the long period in which we operated the many
drive-thru sampling facilities, the technology we used has proven itself,
alongside the safety practices we developed to manage the contact between
potentially infected patients and the team,” said MDA Chief of Information Officer
Ido Rosenblat, who said his organization was ready to help the Congo team as
soon as they received their request.
Congo’s Minister of Health Dr. Eteni Longondo and Director
General Sylvain Yuma Ramazani visited the “Drive and Test” facility that opened
in their country in late May and expressed their gratitude to MDA.
MDA Director General Eli Bin said in a statement: “The
medical capabilities and technologies of Magen David Adom, along with the
methods we are developing, are among the most advanced in the world. We have
gained an extensive experience the fight against the coronavirus, obtaining
thousands of samples a day, efficiently and safely. Now we are happy to share
our knowledge with other medical entities around the world, for the sake of
saving human lives.”
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