Israel’s Mogen Dovid Adom–the Israel equivalent of the Red Cross Society–celebrated its 25th anniversary today with the opening of a national conference here. Among the guests at the convention were Mogen Dovid Adom representatives from many countries abroad, the president of the Red Cross League at Geneva and Dr. Emil Sandstroem, chairman of the Swedish Red Cross.
Dr. Sandstroem, in an address to the convention, expressed the hope that Israel would soon be accepted as a member by the International Red Cross. It was reported at the meeting that the organization had opened a Mogen Dovid Adom station in Jerusalem named for Judge Sandstroem.
A parade of Mogen Dovid members and equipment took place here today, after which the David Marcus blood fractionating plant was opened in the presence of hundreds of American, South American and South African guests, many of whom had contributed or raised funds for the building of the blood plasma processing center. Still later in the day five ambulances were formally handed over to representatives of settlements in the Negev and in the Jerusalem corridor.
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