Richard Rodriguez, Patient Ambassador, Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital (ESJH)

"...we lose approximately 80 wheel chairs a year due to theft. The nice thing about these chairs, he explains, is that they’re virtually theft-proof for a number of reasons..."
Oct., 2007

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Lt. Col Alexander Gardner III, Chief Logistics, Eisenhower Army Medical Center,
Fort Gordon, GA,
47 STAXIs

"...we determined that using STAXIs in place of wheelchairs could save the facility over $107,000 annually..."
2006

Melvin Dockery, Service Response Center, UNC Hospital

"I have had STAXI wheelchairs in my facility at UNC Hospitals for 2 years. We have received great feedback from nursing and from our ergonomic departments. We also have decreased our equipment lost dramatically. We currently have a 50/50 breakdown. The chairs are functional, efficient and aesthetically pleasing when stored in our front lobby."
Oct. 2007

Vesta Smith, Mgr., Volunteer Services, Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health System

"I can testify to how wonderful these chairs are. Our Auxiliary purchased 6 as an experiment for our Admitting Department. We were skeptical at first, however we learned to LOVE them. We plan to order more."

Visitor, Central Baptist Hospital, Lexington, KY. *Adapted to protect patient’s identity

Dear Sir: I want to let you know how much my family appreciates the STAXIs you provide. My sister Mary was a patient and our 80-year-old mother, who visited her everyday, has a problem walking. Each morning, I’d get a STAXI for her at the ER entrance and then park the car. I’d push her from the ER to Mary’s room and to and from the cafeteria and back to the ER door each night. Without STAXI I don’t know how we would have managed. Please accept our thanks for helping us handle this problem.

Betty Greer, Director of Volunteer Services, Rex Healthcare

"We love STAXI. Actually, when staff can choose between STAXI or another type of wheelchair, they choose STAXI every time. Staff and volunteers continue to comment on the sturdy construction; patients are delighted with its comfort and adaptability for all body types/sizes. At one point, we were discussing a wheelchair management program when one of our nurses said: "well I’m not interested unless we can keep our stackable STAXI chairs."

Shirley Holdber, Dir. of Patient Relations, Piedmont Hospital

"Wheelchairs go missing, but STAXIs stay on-site. They are ready and available for visitors and patients…STAXIs are sturdy and last for years - We’ve had 45 chairs for more than four years and there are only three missing in action. (Probably tucked away somewhere in this facility). We love our chairs and we will order more."

Paul Faguy, VP of HR & Hospital Services, Hamilton Health Sciences Centre
(Insider, January 2002)

"Not only will these chairs help us reduce the monetary loss associated with theft...these chairs are an important investment in enhancing the care we provide. We want to make sure our patients and visitors can get around our hospitals with as little difficulty as possible. Many of them don’t need wheelchairs but do need some assistance moving around within the hospital. The STAXIs are a great [wheelchair] alternative."

Janice Saunders, Registered Nurse, St. Paul’s Hospital

"We love them…we really like that they don’t fold up and that patients can’t push themselves either. It’s like cars, they steal the easy ones first."

Candy Parsons, Volunteer Services Coordinator, Kino Community Hospital

"I want to take this opportunity to say that…everyone I spoke to within your organization has been very professional and helpful. That is refreshing these days. I will definitely recommend your company to my colleagues."

Linda Black, Volunteer, Scotland Memorial Hospital

"We like them because people can’t take them away from the hospital and put them in their cars…and they’re easy maintenance. On the old wheelchairs, people were taking the legs and the footrests off - that was a problem."

Dan Greene, Senior Buyer/Contract Administrator, St. Joseph’s Health Centre

"I believe in the chair as an alternative to the wheelchair. It certainly helps manage the issues we have with theft."

Dr. Geoff Fernie, PhD Peng, Professor and Dir. Centre for Studies in Aging, Sunnybrook & Women’s College Health Sciences Centre

"STAXIs provide mobility-challenged people and their caregivers with a simple and safe way to move around large facilities. And, it does so without the usual administrative headaches. As the original innovators of STAXI, we’ve seen it evolve from a prototype to a mature system. It is as practical for people to use and as it is for facilities to offer. Our facility has 120 STAXIs and 11 STAXI locations that provide temporary transportation to people with a range of mobility issues. They are available 24/7 at every entrance...They make the hospital friendlier and easier for people to access."