Selma and Dallas County Chamber of Commerce unveils new NEMT chair

The Selma and Dallas County Chamber of Commerce unveiled a new non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) chair called Traversa by Broda at the Selma-Dallas County Public Library on Sept. 26. 

Chamber of Commerce member Roosevelt Tinker and Broda Regional Sales Director Mark Gram were both present at the unveiling to discuss how the chair can serve residents. 

“It’s an innovative alternative to a traditional stretcher chair service,” said Tinker in an announcement from the chamber. “This equipment is designed for comfort, elevation and safety and a way to continue serving our clients that we provide exceptional non-emergency transportation service for in Dallas County and surrounding areas.”

According to the announcement one of the benefits of the chair is that it can accommodate an estimated 90% of patients who would need a stretcher if the chair wasn't available. 

“Like Roosevelt said, there’s a big gap between somebody who can walk from their house to a loved one’s car to someone who needs the assistance of a wheelchair,” said Gram. “So, what we did was take the technology that we are using in our regular Broda chairs and added some features from the input of people interested in the product like Roosevelt.”

A demonstration of how the chair works was given during the presentation.