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Israel Defense Forces Humanitarian Medical, Aid Delegation Leaves For Japan
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Joel Leyden Jerusalem, Israel ---- March 25, 2011 ..... Israel's warm, caring, brave humanitarian heart is again at work as the Israel Defense Forces Home Front Command and IDF Medical Corps delegation with over 50 soldiers are prepared to depart Israel for the Miyagi district in Japan on Saturday, March 26th 2011, at 11 pm.. The IDF delegation will consist of around fifty soldiers and officers including logistics teams, Israel experts in the field of population management, Japanese translators, experts from the Israel Committee of Atomic Energy, fourteen Jewish doctors specializing in different fields, seven nurses and nine paramedics. The Israel Defense Forces teams will assist Japan’s rehabilitation efforts by providing various medical services and establishing a medical center manned by the IDF Home Front Command and IDF Medical Corps specialists.
Heading the IDF delegation is the Commander of the IDF Home Front Command Search and Rescue Unit, Brig. Gen. (Res.) Shalom Ben-Arieh. Heading the delegation’s medical team is deputy to the Chief Medical Officer, Col. Dr. Ofir Cohen-Marom. This IDF delegation joins the initial team of three officers who left for Japan on Saturday, March 19, and prepared the framework for this larger IDF delegation by informing them of the current situation and coordinating their arrival. Last night, an Israel plane carrying over 36 tons of medical equipment left Ben Gurion Airport for Japan. Overall, the IDF delegation will carry over 60 tons of medical aid and equipment. The Israel Defense Ministry will be sending another 20 tons of equipment to residents in Japan left homeless in the disaster – including tents, coats, hats, gloves, blankets and portable toilets valued at millions of shekels. The Israel Defense Forces team will travel 350 kilometers (217 miles) north to the ruins of the coastal town which lost half its residents, 8,000 people, to the massive waves. The survivors have been left with no roof over their heads, shelter or aid. Among the IDF career and reserve soldiers who have volunteered for this mission are doctors from a number of specialties including urology, orthopedics, surgeons, gynecology, pediatrics and general practitioners. The IDF will be joining members of IsraAid and ZAKA who are already on the ground in Japan. Israel is well known and respected for it humanitarian aid missions in 2010 to Haiti where the IDF was the first to establish an advanced field hospital. The IDF medical and rescue team which was sent to Haiti consisted of a delegation of 236 members, including 218 IDF soldiers and officers and 18 civilians. The Israel Defense Forces delegation left 30 tons of medical equipment for use in the ongoing aid effort. This included bandaging gear, surgery equipment, two incubators and other medical accessories as well as 1150 blankets, 30 large-sized tents, 500 mattresses, 200 sleeping bags and kitchen equipment. The equipment was distributed to tent-cities in different locations in Haiti, under the coordination of the Israel ambassador in the country. The delegation held a ceremony to mark the closing of the field hospital set up in Haiti. Col. Itzik Kryce, commander of the field hospital, conveyed his great appreciation to the medical staff saying: “You were a drop of hope in a sea of desperation and sometimes made the difference between life and death. It is a great privilege, and you’ve done it as human beings, following the spirit of the IDF and in accordance with the values of the IDF Medical Corps.”
"Right
now we are set to remain in Japan for a few weeks but we will
continue to stay there for as long as we're needed, even if it
means replacing the first force with a new force," said deputy
chief of the delegation and Israel Defense Forces Chief Medical
Officer Col. Dr. Ophir Cohen-Marom.
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