$1M grant covers mobile stroke unit until insurance reimbursement kicks in
Gerry Sandlin, a recovering stroke victim, returned to Memphis for the one-year anniversary of his stroke and recovery to thank physicians and the Mobile Stroke Unit team, who saved his life. The Vinemont, Alabama, resident suffered a stroke on a Delta flight bound for Atlanta. The plane landed at Memphis International Airport, the Mobile Stroke Unit was alerted and treated Sandlin onsite at the airport and then taken to Methodist University Hospital where the clot was successfully removed. (Stan Carroll/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Without a framework for insurance reimbursement, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Mobile Stroke Unit is being funded for another year through philanthropy.
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Andrei Alexandrov Assisi Foundation of Memphis University of Tennessee Health Science CenterMichelle Corbet
Michelle Corbet covers business for The Daily Memphian. Prior to, she was a reporter at the Memphis Business Journal. A native Memphian and University of Memphis graduate, Michelle covered business in Conway, Arkansas after college. Michelle got her start covering business as an intern at The Commercial Appeal.
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