Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System unveil Miracle Mobile

Dozens of children in the tri county area need to travel to their chemotherapy appointments in the Bay Area but some parents can’t afford the travel expense or it’s hard to transport kids with life threatening illnesses.

The Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System (SVMHS) and local nonprofit Partnership for Children has a solution for that, the Miracle Mobile. The SVMHS said the brightly colored car can carry the sickest of children.

The Miracle Mobile is fully funded by the SVMHS. Families in Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito County can benefit the service.

“Some families don’t have access to vehicles,” says Melissa Gross, Program Manager for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. “Some families can’t afford the travel expenses and others find it very difficult to travel long distances with sick children. Salinas Valley Memorial is proud to help provide this transportation service to families. We are helping to provide peace of mind to parents and we’re also helping to increase access to compassionate medical care to the children in our community.”

KION’s Matt Sizemore with have more on the Miracle Mobile and how many kids it’s served here on the Central Coast at 5 p.m.