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WMDA strongly condemns the violence that is occurring in Israel and Gaza. We offer our sympathies to all those who are suffering because of this conflict. We extend our support to the donor registries and medical centres whose donors and patients are negatively affected by this crisis. On the homepage of WMDA Share, we will keep you posted on the operations of the Israelian registries.

October 12, 2023

Information from Hadassah Registry on their operations:

Hadassah Registry continues to operate, but delays in communication might occur. Due to the political situation in Israel, less donors are available to donate, because many have been drafted to serve in the army. Also, donors might be unable to travel, impacting work-up requests. There are still flights, but less than usual. Hadassah recommends to use either Royale International or ICL as couriers for transport of stem cell products.

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October 08, 2023

To Whom It May Concern,

Re: Ezer Mizion Registry Statement

Due to the current security situation in Israel, we would like to notify registries and their affiliated centres awaiting pending stem cell donations from the Ezer Mizion Donor Bone Marrow Donor Registry.

Israel is embarking on a long and difficult war in the next few weeks after an unprecedented attack from Gaza. We anticipate that many of our donors will not be available in the coming weeks due to massive recruitment of soldiers and reserve forces, and accessibility issues. Furthered more, at the moment, many airline companies cancelled their regular flights. Therefore, we request the following:

• For ongoing and future work-ups, the transplant centre should cryopreserve all products. Cryopreservation has been approved by our Medical Director until further notice.
• Make sure you have back-up donors for your patients in case work-ups must be cancelled at the last moment.
• Please check with your courier companies the flight status and courier availability as close as possible to the transport timelines.

We would like emphasize that Ezer Mizion Bone Marrow Donor Registry is operating as routinely as possible under these difficult circumstances. However due to the uncertainty of the situation we will perform risk assessment on every ongoing and new work-up request according to the availability of the donors. Our coordinators will maintain ongoing updates on each case. 

We remain committed to do our utmost to provide donations in these unfortunate times.

Contact Information:

Yehudit Eitiel: yehudite@bmdr.org.il  +972-52-9580059

Sigal Manor: sigal@bmdr.org.il  +972-52-9580039