Ezer Mizion and the Israel Defense Forces have signed an agreement that will enable all new recruits to join the Ezer Mizion Bone Marrow Donor Registry as an integral part of the army induction process.

Brigadier General Elazar Stern, director of the IDF's Human Resources Department, noted that the agreement gives the Israeli army a novel way of protecting the Jewish people. "In addition to defending Israel's borders, the army, together with Ezer Mizion, can now save lives in another way," he said.

It is expected that 40,000 IDF recruits will join the Ezer Mizion Bone Marrow Donor Registry each year. "We are talking about an ideal type of potential bone marrow donor," says Dr. Bracha Zisser, director of the Ezer Mizion registry. "IDF recruits are generally young and healthy, and are able to remain in the registry for decades."

Each new IDF recruit receives a leaflet about the Ezer Mizion Bone Marrow Donor registry along with the standard IDF recruitment literature and watches a short film demonstrating the simple bone marrow donation procedure.

Elbit Medical Imaging Ltd., under the direction of Ezer Mizion's esteemed patron Mr. Mottie Zisser, has sponsored the construction of Ezer Mizion's Bone Marrow Testing Center at the Tel Hashomer IDF Induction Base.

The $60 cost of testing each new potential donor in the registry will continue to be covered by donations to Ezer Mizion.

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