With bright colors and a happy outdoor theme featuring children’s faces and sunshine, the vehicle is hard to miss during the day—or night, since it even glows in the dark. But that’s just its outer uniqueness. Walk inside and find opportunities for entertainment—a television and gaming stations that hospital CEO Lisa Valentine said she hopes will keep children “happy and a little more comfortable on their way to Summerville Medical.”
Valentine said the ambulance is also a perfect tool to help transport patients from outside the community to the hospital for necessary care. In a region of booming growth, children remain the hospital’s fastest-growing patient population, keeping the hospital busy throughout the year, according to Valentine.