The Transport department said Friday it was continuing its mission to ferry health personnel to their workplaces daily as its free ride for health workers rolled out on its third day.
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The free ride is being done amid the implementation of an Enhanced Community Quarantine in Luzon.
The free bus service, which started on March 18, 2020, following the instruction of Transport Secretary Arthur Tugade to his men to ferry health workers who are now at the frontline of the fight against the spread of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 or COVID-19.
From only three routes during its initial deployment, the free bus service now serves health workers on thirteen routes:
Northwest Area
Revised ROUTE 1
Meralco (Malanday)*
Valenzuela City General Hospital
MCU Hospital (Monumento)*
Caloocan City Medical Center
Tondo General Hospital
Our Lady of Fatima
Metropolitan Medical Center
San Lazaro Hospital
Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center
University of Santo Tomas Hospital
Chinese General Hospital
United Doctors Medical Center (Welcome Rotonda)*
*Pick-up/transfer points
Northwest Area
Revised ROUTE 2
Valenzuela Gateway Complex*
Quezon City General Hospital
Balintawak*
MCU Hospital (Monumento)*
Our Lady of Fatima University
Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center
Philippine Orthopedic Center
United Doctors Medical Center (Welcome Rotonda)*
*Pick-up/transfer points
Northeast Area
Revised ROUTE 3
SM City SJDM (Bulacan)
Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial (Caloocan)
SM Fairview*
Diliman Doctors’ Hospital
Veterans Memorial Medical Center
Lung Center of the Philippines
Philippine Heart Center
East Avenue Medical Center
Philippine Children’s Hospital
Centris Station (EDSA/Quezon Ave.)*
*Pick-up/transfer points
East Area
ROUTE 4
SM City Masinag*
Marikina Valley Medical Center
Amang Rodriguez Memorial Medical Center
BFCT East Metro Transport Terminal*
Quirino Memorial Medical Center
Araneta Center Bus Terminal
Robinsons Galleria*
The Medical City Ortigas
*Pick-up/transfer points
East Area
ROUTE 5
Ortigas Hospital & Healthcare (Cainta)*
SM City East Ortigas
Pasig City General Hospital
The Medical City Ortigas
Robinsons Galleria*
VRP Medical Center
St. Luke’s Medical Center*
Rizal Medical Center
*Pick-up/transfer points
Central Area
Revised ROUTE 6
Centris Station (EDSA/Quezon Ave.)*
Providence Hospital
Capitol Medical Center
Philippine Orthopedic Center (Banawe)
United Doctors Medical Center (Welcome Rotonda)*
National Children‒s Hospital
De Los Santos Medical Center
St. Luke’s Medical Center (E. Rodriguez)
UERM Memorial Medical Center
MRT-3 Cubao / Araneta Center*
*Pick-up/transfer points
Central/East Area
Revised ROUTE 7
Pasig City General Hospital
Immaculate Concepcion Cathedral*
Pasig Rotonda
Rizal Medical Center
The Medical City (Ortigas)
Robinsons Galleria*
Cardinal Santos Medical Center
VRP Medical Center
National Center for Mental Health
Makati Medical Center*
*Pick-up/transfer points
Southeast Area
Revised ROUTE 8
Starmall “Alabang*
SLEX Sucat Exit*
Bicutan Exit
Makati Medical Center*
St. Luke’s Medical Center BGC*
*Pick-up/transfer points
Southwest Area
ROUTE 9
Vista Mall, Daang Hari*
Perpetual Help Medical Center (Las Piñas)
Las Piñas General Hospital
Baclaran Market*
San Juan de Dios Educational Medical Center
Pasay City General Hospital
Adventist Medical Center
Makati Medical Center*
Philippine General Hospital
Manila Doctors Hospital
United Doctors Medical Center (Welcome Rotonda)*
*Pick-up/transfer points
Southeast Area
ROUTE 10
Feeder route
RITM*
Asian Hospital and Medical Center
Muntinlupa City Hospital
Starmall Alabang*
*Pick-up/transfer points
Southeast Area
ROUTE 11
Starmall Alabang*
SLEX Sucat Exit*
Bicutan Exit
San Juan de Dios EFI Hospital
Gil Puyat Station LRT-1*
Philippine General Hospital
Manila Doctors Hospital
*Pick-up/transfer points
Southeast Area
ROUTE 12
SM Molino
Imus Transport Plaza
Las Piñas General Hospital and Satellite Trauma Center
Baclaran Market*
San Juan de Dios Educational Foundation Hospital
Gil Puyat*
Adventist Medical Center Manila
Philippine General Hospital*
Manila Doctors Hospital*
*Pick-up/transfer points
South Area
ROUTE 13
Seaoil Imus Daang Hari/Aguinaldo
Imus Transport Terminal*
Las Piñas General Hospital
Perpetual Help Medical Center
RITM*
Asian Hospital and Medical Center
Muntinlupa Hospital
Starmall Alabang*
*Pick-up/transfer points
Buses will transport passengers to these designated routes, and vice versa, at 5:00AM, 7:00AM, 1:00PM, 3:00PM, 5:00PM and 7:00PM.
Seventy-two buses and two modern Public Utility Vehicles have committed to transport health workers for free along the specified routes, which are still subject to change depending on the data and requests coming from the Department of Health.
Meanwhile, transport officials said the free rides are not restricted to doctors and nurses. These will also be made available to other hospital workers such as administration personnel, utility workers, security officers and other health workers such as pharmacists and caregivers.
The bus service will likewise comply with Health department containment protocols such as the observance of social distancing, body temperature checks and the regular disinfecting of vehicles. Drivers and health workers will also be given food and water.
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