We’re funding New Wheels for Precious Cargo
A $425,000 campaign to fund a new critical care ambulance for Prisma Health Children’s Hospital—Midlands. Prisma Health Children’s Hospital—Midlands/Prisma Health Richland Hospital has the only Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in the 16 counties of the Midlands region.
Columbia, SC (November 4, 2020)—24 hours a day. 7 days a week. 365 days a year. When babies are critically premature or when children are severely ill and at another hospital, the Pediatric Transport team at Prisma Health—Midlands is called, no matter what time of day. Within minutes, the specialized team travels in a critical care ambulance to the child to provide stabilization and safe transportation to the NICU or PICU in Columbia.
Ready to Respond
Prisma Health has one of the only programs in the state that provides pediatric critical care during natural disasters and in response to large-scale incidents in our area. When Hurricane Matthew threatened Hilton Head in 2016, our local transport team evacuated several babies to Children’s Hospital in Columbia.The transport team has years of experience transporting children with infectious diseases and has been regularly transporting children with COVID-19 to Prisma Health Children’s Hospital in recent months.
“The ambulance is a work truck. It has an important job to do.”-Pediatric Transport team
The need to safely transport children, including premature babies, requires an ambulance equipped with the latest innovative tools and two isolettes for transporting premature twins, if the need arises. The current critical care ambulance lacks this important equipment, has been on the road for more than six years and has logged nearly 200,000 miles. It’s time for a new one!
Thinking BIG for the smallest patients.
Prisma Health Midlands Foundation is launching a $425,000campaign for a new critical care ambulance for the Midlands. The family of Lee Hinton has made a lead gift of $25,000 from their endowment at Prisma Health Midlands Foundation. The endowment was established in memory of Lee, who was a local paramedic and devoted father who dedicated his career to caring for sick and injured in our community.
Learn more about how you can support this campaign by contacting Anna Saunders, Diane Junis or Katherine Davis at Prisma Health Midlands Foundation.
Anna.Saunders@PrismaHealth.org, 803-414-9240
Diane.Junis@PrismaHealth.org, 803-873-0254
Katherine.Davis@PrismaHealth.org, 803-730-2452
Best,
Prisma Health Midlands Foundation Team