• ‘Uber Essential ‘ to provide 24 vehicles round the clock for essential emergency transportation for citizens
• ‘Uber Medic ‘ to provide 20 vehicles for the use of frontline officers including Health & District Administration, free of cost
• DC decides to deploy free ‘Uber Medic’ vehicles to ferry persons from lower income groups to and from Government Hospitals
SAS Nagar, April 23: District Administration SAS Nagar has tied up with Uber India under ‘Uber Essential’ and ‘Uber Medic’ to provide vehicles round the clock for essential emergency transportation for citizens and vehicles for the use of frontline officers including Health & District Administration, informed Deputy Commissioner Girish Dayalan .
He informed that Uber Essential shall provide 24 vehicles round-the-clock for any Health/Medical Emergency only for plying within the District. The Uber shall carry the ailing patient (and attendant, if any) to the Government/Private Hospital/ Clinic/ Pharmacy – strictly for medical needs only. No more than two passengers (apart from the driver) shall be taken in a vehicle.
Besides, the rides can be booked via the App only from the home to the said destination/ return. Citizens using this facility shall not require curfew passes. Stated standard charges shall be levied by Uber India and there shall be no surge/ dynamic pricing.
Ensuring transparency, the Uber India shall be bound to supply the trip reports of all the vehicles on daily basis to the designated Nodal Officer. Also it shall ensure the necessary health screening of all drivers from time to time, the sanitization of the vehicle and provision and proper usage of masks and hand sanitizer.
Besides, Uber Medic is to provide 20 vehicles for the use of frontline officers including Health & District Administration. But, in view of the fact that the district administration already has requisite vehicles, it has been decided that the service of the twenty vehicles being provided free of cost by Uber India, will be better utilized by being deployed for ferrying persons from lower income groups (who cannot afford the paid service) to and from Government Hospitals.
Further, these 20 vehicles (16 for Day & 4 for Night) offered by Uber India shall be placed at the disposal of Civil Surgeon, Mohali to be further placed at District Hospitals/ SDH/ CHCs/ PHCs etc. as per the potential requirement.
Since, the targeted persons are unlikely to use the Uber App , the Health Control Room at 0172-2270091/ 78146-41397shall take down requests and pass on to concerned SMO/ MO in-charge, who can send the vehicle to pick/ drop the patient. The SMO/ MO are also at liberty to send the vehicles to pick /drop patients, suo-moto.
It is clarified that this service for pick/ drop free of cost is subject to the conditions that it shall be only to a Government facility including DH/ CHC/ PHC/ ESI Hospitals etc. It shall be only within the territorial jurisdiction of the District. It shall be available only to persons not having their own transport. Misrepresentation shall be punishable as per law.
Pertinently, Secretary, RTA, Mohali (9872630545) shall be the Nodal Officer for management of this facility/ service. He shall keep oversight that the service is not mis-used.
