LIST: DOTr deploys more buses with additional routes to transport health workers

More buses with additional routes were deployed by the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to ferry frontline health workers amid the enhanced community quarantine being observed in Luzon.

In a press statement, the DOTr said it added additional buses with new routes to cover larger areas. The agency noted that this bus service would be free for all health personnel.

The DOTr will now transport health workers to their designated hospitals through these nine routes:

North West Area
Route 1
• Malanday*
• Valenzuela City General Hospital
• Monumento / MCU*
• Tondo General Hospital
• 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

North West Area
Route 2
• Valenzuela Gateway Complex*
• Quezon City General Hospital
• Balintawak*
• Philippine Orthopedic
• United Doctors Medical Center (Welcome Rotonda)*

*Pick-up/transfer points

North East Area
Route 3
• Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial (Caloocan)
• SM Fairview*
• Diliman Doctors Hospital
• Veterans Memorial Medical Center
• Lung Center of the Philippines
• National Kidney and Transplant Institute
• Philippine Heart Center
• East Avenue Medical Center
• Philippine Children’s Hospital
• Centris Station (EDSA/Q.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 and 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
Route 6
• Centris Station (EDSA/Q.Ave)*
• Providence Hospital
• Capitol Medical Center
• United Doctors Medical Center (Welcome Rotonda)*
• UERM Memorial Medical Center
• National Children’s Hospital
• De Los Santos Medical Center
• St. Luke's Medical Center – E. Rodriguez
• MRT-3 Cubao Station*

*Pick-up/transfer points

Central Area
Route 7
• The Medical City – Ortigas*
• Robinsons Galleria*
• Cardinal Santos Medical Center
• Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital
• Santa Ana Hospital
• Makati Medical Center*

*Pick-up/transfer points

South East Area
Route 8
• RITM*
• Asian Hospital and Medical Center
• Muntinlupa City Hospital
• South Station
• SLEX Sucat Exit*
• Bicutan Exit
• Makati Medical Center*
• St. Luke's Medical Center – BGC*

*Pick-up/transfer points

South West Area
Route 9
• Vista Mall, Daang Hari*
• Perpetual Help Medical Center (Las Pinas)
• 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

According to the DOTr, the routes are still subject to change depending on the advice of the Department of Health.

The agency also ensured that the bus service will comply with the protocols, which include social distancing among passengers, body temperature checks, and regular sanitation of services, to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Buses will transport passengers at 5 a.m., 1 p.m., 5 p.m., and 9 p.m., to the abovementioned routes, and vice versa.—AOL, GMA News