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News for Immediate Release Feb. 28, 2011 Penndot: New Investment News for Immediate Release Feb. 28, 2011 PennDOT: New Investment will Help Children with Special Medical Needs Travel Safely Harrisburg – PennDOT is helping hospitals and pediatric practices statewide to ensure children with limited mobility and other special health-care needs can travel safely, acting Secretary Barry J. Schoch, P.E., said today. PennDOT has invested $91,666 in state funds to purchase 111 specialized car seats through a contract with the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Traffic Injury Prevention Project (PA AAP TIPP). Through the contract, 65 Hope Car Beds and 46 Snug Seat Hippo car seats were purchased. The car bed is a crash-tested seat for children with conditions such as spina bifida, scoliosis and other conditions that prevent them from being able to sit in standard car seats. Hippo seats allow children with hip casts to travel in a crash- tested seat. Seats will be delivered to 49 hospitals and 16 pediatric practices statewide. Each pediatric practice will receive one car bed and each hospital will receive one car bed and one Hippo seat to be loaned to families and caregivers. The seats are expected to last six to 10 years, depending on the model. “Previously, some of these children had to go to their medical appointments in an ambulance because traditional car seats would not keep them safe. This program will alleviate that burden for these children and their families,” said Schoch. “Family members or guardians shouldn’t have to worry whether children can ride safely to medical appointments or on errands.” The seats are purchased through the Child Passenger Restraint Fund, which is funded by fines from violations of the child passenger safety laws. In partnership with PennDOT, the PA AAP TIPP developed a course on the car seats’ proper usage for the medical professionals receiving them. Approved by the University of Pittsburgh, the course provides one credit toward the professionals’ medical licensure. The fund is used semi-annually to purchase standard car seats for use in more than 100 loaner programs across the state. These programs are coordinated through police departments, pediatric practices, hospitals and other partners. To learn more about this program, call 1-800-CAR-BELT. Learn more about PennDOT’s safety efforts by visiting www.DriveSafePA.org. Follow PennDOT on Twitter at www.twitter.com/PennDOTNews. Media contact: Erin Waters, PennDOT; 717-783-8800 Editor’s Note: Below is a list of hospitals and pediatric practices receiving specialized seats. Allegheny County • Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh • The Children’s Institute • West Penn Hospital • Magee-Women’s Hospital of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Armstrong County: Children’s Community Pediatrics- Armstrong Blair County: Blair Medical Associates Pediatrics Bucks County • Grand View Hospital • Lower Bucks Hospital Butler County: Children’s Community Pediatrics Armstrong Cambria County: Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center Centre County: Centre Medical Surgical Associates Chester County • Chester County Hospital • Phoenixville Hospital Clearfield County • Clearfield Hospital • DuBois Regional Medical Group - DuBois • DuBois Regional Medical Center Delaware County: Delaware County Memorial Hospital Erie County • Hamot Medical Center • Shriner’s Hospital for Children • Saint Vincent Health System Franklin County: Chambersburg Hospital Jefferson County: Dubois Regional Medical Group - Punxsutawney Lackawanna County • Moses Taylor Hospital • Pediatrics of Northeastern PA Lancaster County: Grace Pediatrics Lebanon County: Good Samaritan Pediatrics Lehigh County: Lehigh Valley Hospital Luzerne County • Geisinger Wyoming Valley • Hazleton Professional Services • Wyoming Valley Healthcare System Mercer County • Grove City Medical Center • Sharon Regional Health System Main Hospital • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Horizon – Shenango Valley Monroe County: Pocono Medical Center Montgomery County: Pottstown Memorial Medical Center Montour County: Geisinger - Janet Weis Children's Hospital Northampton County: St. Luke's Hospital - Bethlehem Schuylkill County • Blue Mountain Pediatrics • Schuylkill Medical Center Tioga County: Wellsboro Pediatric Healthcare Associates Venango County: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Northwest Warren County: Warren Pediatrics Washington County: Ripepi Pediatrics Westmoreland County: Pediatric Associates- Latrobe York County: Hanover Pediatrics ### .
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