he University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Mobile Stroke Unit received a more than $1 million grant on Friday.
The unit was brought into service in 2016 with $3 million for three years of service.
This new grant gives the unit more time to save lives.
“The stroke I had I ought to been dead or in a wheelchair, but you see me,” said Gerry Sanlind.
Sanlind was on a flight to Atlanta when he suffered a massive stroke in 2018. Crews landed the plane in Memphis and he was treated right on the tarmac.