Need medical Transportation
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Anonymous
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I need non-emergency medical transportation after my egg retrieval and prefer female drivers. I would really appreciate any referrals.
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Anonymous
| Arrange a car service and request a female driver? |
Anonymous
| Emergency medical service would be an ambulance transport service? Is that what you need? If not, arrange an Uber and request a female driver., |
Anonymous
Does uber let you request a female driver? That gets into some dicey legal territory. |
Anonymous
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My clinic would not let me go with uber or other car service. I had to arrange with a friend to pick me up. Check with your clinic policies before making arrangements.
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Anonymous
| I had my egg retrieval at Dominion and their instructions said they would not allow me to leave with a taxi or Uber. However, no one checked me out when I departed-they let me leave the recuperation area unaccompanied and did not see if I left with someone. That said, it is probably best if you find a friend to go with you and not risk an unknown driver. |
Anonymous
| There are non-emergency medical transport companies. |
Anonymous
PP here. I am looking for non-emergency medical transportation, not ambulance service. |
Anonymous
PP here. Mine doesn't either. Uber is out of question. Unfortunately, I am an immigrant with no family here, and moved to this area just before COVID hit. So no close friends around. |
Anonymous
Do you belong to a church or synagogue? My synagogue will help with rides when needed. Also one time I used a work colleague. (Admittedly, we are friends and pretty close ...) |
Anonymous
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Ask a friend. At the height of the pandemic, I and a couple of others drove a sick friend to and from her cancer treatments. There was no other option - she couldn't drive herself. We were all masked and opened the windows whenever possible. No one became symptomatic. |
Anonymous
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11:37 again. Sorry, didn't read your update (PP?, you mean OP?).
Can you ask your neighbor or work colleague? For driving my sick friend, there was me (the friend), plus a neighbor and a work colleague. When it's really important, few people will have the heart to refuse! Especially now that some are already vaccinated. |
Anonymous
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Call the clinic and ask for recs. I had to go up to NYC because I cycled a few times at Cornell and used a service that Cornell recommended. She was great- they called her after my procedure was done so she was waiting for me in the waiting room when I came out of anesthesia, took me “home”, made sure I got in my Airbnb, waited a few minutes to make sure I was ok and charged me 75 for this.
I imagine there is something like this in the DC area too. If you happen to be in NYC I can give you the website. |
Anonymous
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Here are some links to DC non-emergency medical transportation:
http://www.akandtransportation.com/ https://www.mtm-inc.net/washington-dc/ Yelp reviews of 14 services in DC: https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=non%20emergency%20medical%20transportation&find_loc=Washington%2C%20DC&start=10 |
Anonymous
Thank you for the links, though I did look at them. I was hoping for a referral and a bit more info from anyone who might have used such services in the DMV. If I do end up using one, I will post back with details so it might help another person in the future. |