Grab Philippines has launched the GrabBayanihan Car service aimed to dedicatedly service healthcare workers during this pandemic time. Read more here.
The GrabBayanihan Car program will have a total of 400 volunteer drivers. Each
of these cars will ferry one healthcare worker to and from registered
hospitals and medical facilities at a time, in compliance with the
government's social distancing implementation. This will also follow the
curfew hours imposed by the government, which means the GrabBayanihan Car
service will be available between 5AM and 10PM, daily.
"Since the beginning of the fight against COVID-19, Grab has always been working on ways to support those who are working on the frontlines most especially our healthcare workers who have been central in this fight against the pandemic. Words can not express how thankful we are to our hospital partners, corporate partners, volunteer drivers, and our #OneGrab community who have made this innovation possible for our health care workers," said Brian Cu, Grab Philippines President.
In addition to the one passenger at a time policy, GrabBayanihan Car driver
will also observe other guidelines by the government inside the car such as
having a non-permeable acetate barrier separating the driver from the
passenger. Also the car is required to undergo daily deep disinfection at the
sanitation hubs. Likewise, vehicles that are part of the GrabBayanihan Car
program will not receive bookings made from other GrabCar services and are
required to keep utmost level of hygiene and sanitation.
Not only that, all GrabBayanihan Car drivers have undergone training on
hygiene and infection prevention and each of the is provided with free face
masks, disinfectant, monthly hospital assistance, monthly MedPadala allowance,
one prepaid HMO health card, life insurance, fully-subsidized vehicle
disinfection, and unlimited consultation in Family Docs clinics.
Furthermore, these volunteer driver-partners will each receive guaranteed
earnings for a minimum of 8 hours of service rendered, as well as a reduced
commission to allow them to earn more by serving our healthcare workers.
As for the healthcare frontliners who would like to take advantage of this
service, they are encouraged to approach their hospital administrators to
request the GrabBayanihan Car service for their entire hospital. Hospital
administrators may fill up https://go.grab.com/grabbayanihan to
indicate their interest to join the ride service. A Grab representative will
be in touch with the hospital to help them set up the service.
