MDA SENDS MEDICINES TO SRI LANKA
(Communicated by the Magen David Adom Spokesman)
Wednesday, 29 December, 2004

Magen David Adom, in coordination with the International Red Cross, at
midnight last night, dispatched - on an El Al flight - a shipment of
medicines to Sri Lanka in order to aid trauma victims. The shipment
contained 4,080 bottles of serum albumin (a protein produced from blood
plasma for use in treating trauma victims, and patients suffering from
malnourishment and liver disease), worth over $100,000. The shipment will
be distributed among hospitals in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo.