Ready to Roll: Chester River Health Foundation Funds Dedicated Ambulance for Transport of Patients Across the Eastern Shore
June 21, 2024![Four nurses stand in front of an ambulance while the chairperson of the Chester River Health Foundation sits in the driver's seat of the ambulance.](/shore/-/media/images/um-shore/news/2024/chestertown-ambulance-for-web.jpg?h=2592&w=4608&la=en&hash=4EA531C3E34C071262AE51038D8B08DE)
With the beautiful rural counties that make up Maryland’s Eastern Shore comes an inherent challenge – how to transport patients needing medical care in a timely fashion. Often, trips between University of Maryland Shore Regional Health (UM SRH) facilities can take several hours. Faced with this challenge, the University of Maryland Chester River Health Foundation (UM CRHF) worked on a solution with UM SRH’s parent organization, the University of Maryland Medical System.