Nippon Foundation to operate 100 taxis dedicated to corona patient transfer May 17 at 17:16
In order to support medical institutions that accept patients with the new coronavirus, the Nippon Foundation announced that it will cooperate with a major taxi company and provide new support such as operating 100 taxis exclusively for patient transfer.
This was revealed at a press conference by Yohei Sasakawa, chairman of the Nippon Foundation.
As a result, medical institutions accepting persons infected with the new coronavirus have been told that there is a shortage of vehicles, mainly for transporting patients with mild illness during examination and admission.
In response, the Nippon Foundation will cooperate with a major taxi company, Nippon Kotsu, to provide new support so that medical institutions can use 100 taxis owned by the company free of charge for the transfer of patients.
A dedicated taxi will have a partition between the driver's seat and the back seat, an air purifier will be installed, and a driver who agrees to transfer the patient will drive, so next month, for 10 months, We plan to operate medical institutions in Tokyo upon request.
At the same time, the Nippon Foundation is also supporting the reduction of the commuting burden of medical staff, and it is said that the support will be made from the donation of over 800 million yen.