The National Health Authority (NHA) on Friday said it has inked a pact with ride hailing app Uber to provide transport services for frontline healthcare workers involved in treatment of covid-19 patients.
Uber will initially facilitate the provision of 150 cars free of cost to support medical facilities in certain cities--New Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Kanpur, Lucknow, Prayagraj and Patna through its UberMedic service.
The development comes in the backdrop of a 21-day nationwide lockdown that had also led to restrict on all form do public and private transportation, limiting movemeny options if healthcare workers in particular city. "All UberMedic cars supplied to NHA will be equipped with roof-to-floor plastic sheeting enclosing the