Diana Prechtman Berger from Hadera is taken three times a week to the hospital for dialysis treatment. MDA Senior EMT at the dispatch center Ronit Glula heard from Diana�a granddaughter that this week is her 81st birthday, and Ronit couldn�t stay indifferent to that fact. She decided, together with the EMS team, EMTs Rafael Buhadana, May Yevitz and Saadi Bashar who assist Diana on a regular basis, to surprise her on Tuesday on a very emotional and non-routine ride to the hospital with balloons, decorations and a vase of flowers.

Diana Prechtman Berger: “I�m getting into the MDA ambulance as I usually do, and I see it decorated and beautiful for me. I wasn�t expecting this”, said Diana, and to the ambulance team she said: “I�m happy for the fact you came, but I never imagined you would surprise me like this”.

EMT Rafael Buhadana: “we decorated the ambulance, sang Diana happy birthday songs, and gave her flowers and a blessing we wrote for her. It was very emotional. I was in many birthing situations and many emotional calls as part of my job, and this has to be one of the most special events that I�ve witnessed. I felt like my grandmother, when I make her joyful on her birthday. Other than saving lives, there is a huge fulfillment making someone happy”.

(YWN Israel Desk � Jerusalem/Photo Credit: MDA Spokesman Unit)