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Free rides with Uber Medics for medical personnel

April 24, 2020 / Poland
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We support medical personnel battling the coronavirus pandemics on a daily basis, because we strongly believe that their effort is crucial to us prevailing over these circumstances as a society. We have offered 10 000 free trips to the medical staff so that they can easily travel to and from their medical facilities until the end of May. 2020.

Free trips may be used ie. by doctors, nurses, paramedics employed or posted to work at select medical facilities in Poland.

Participating facilities:

CityFacility
WarszawaCentralny Szpital Kliniczny MON Wojskowego Instytutu Medycznego;
Centralny Szpital Kliniczny MSWiA w Warszawie;
Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne Warszawskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego – Dziecięcy Szpital Kliniczny im. Józefa Polikarpa Brudzińskiego w Warszawie;
Wojewódzki Szpital Zakaźny w Warszawie
WrocławWojewódzki Szpital Specjalistyczny im. J. Gromkowskiego we Wrocławiu;
Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny im. Jana Mikulicza-Radeckiego, Oddział Kliniczny Zakaźny, Klinika Pediatrii i Chorób Infekcyjnych; 
TrójmiastoUniwersyteckie Centrum Medycyny Morskiej i Tropikalnej w Gdyni;
Pomorskie Centrum Chorób Zakaźnych i Gruźlicy w Gdańsku;
7 Szpital Marynarki Wojennej w Gdańsku
KrakówNSSU UJ Kraków-Prokocim;
Szpital Specjalistyczny im. Stefana Żeromskiego SP ZOZ w Krakowie

(facilities at Kopernika 36 Street and Jakubowskiego 2 Street);
Krakowski Szpital Specjalistyczny im. Jana Pawła II
PoznańSzpital Kliniczny im. Karola Jonschera Uniwersytetu Medycznego im. Karola Marcinkowskiego; Specjalistyczny Zespół Opieki Zdrowotnej nad Matką i Dzieckiem;
Wielospecjalistyczny Szpital Miejski im. Józefa Strusia z Zakładem Opiekuńczo-Leczniczym. Samodzielny Publiczny Zakład Opieki Zdrowotnej z siedzibą w Poznaniu; 
ŁódźWojewódzki Specjalistyczny Szpital Im. Dr Wł. Biegańskiego
ŚląskSzpital Specjalistyczny w Chorzowie;
Szpital Specjalistyczny nr. 1 w Bytomiu;
Szpital Megrez w Tychach;
Wojewódzki Szpital Specjalistyczny nr.5 w Sosnowcu im. Św. Barbary;
Górnośląskie Centrum Medyczne im. prof. Leszka Gieca Śląskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Katowicach;
Szpital MSWiA Katowice; Szpital Miejski nr.4 w Gliwicach

We’ve provided these hospitals with promo codes for free trips up to 40 zł, now the medical staff of these hospitals may also contact us directly and request free trips.

How to get access to Uber Medics:

If you are a medical professional and work at either of the abovementioned hospitals, please contact us directly and request access to Uber Medics. Our support team will verify whether you’re a medic with one of the select facilities. Once the verification is complete, Uber Medics will be activated on your account. To get access to Uber Medics reach out to us via this form.

Check our frequently asked questions:

  • It’s a new feature created for the medical staff of hospitals taking care of COVID-19 patients. With Uber Medics the personnel may safely travel to and from their facilities. You’ll see it next to UberX and other available options. Uber Medics may be accessed only by the designated staff.

  • You may use the free trips with Uber Medic by May 31, 2020 (11:55 pm) or until all trips are used.

  • Uber Medics trips remain free up to 40 PLN. If the final cost of the trip exceeds 40 PLN, the difference will be paid by the rider.

  • Medical staff employed by or posted to work at either of the selected medical facilities.

  • Reach out to us directly, we’ll ask you to verify your employment and once complete, we will activate Uber Medics on your account. Please use this form to get in touch.

  • We have committed to 10 000 trips for medical staff of the hospitals participating in the action. They may take trips with Uber Medics until May 31, 2020, or until the allocated trips are used up. If you have received a promo code from your hospital’s administration, you may take 1 trip to or from the hospital. If you have applied directly via this form, you may take no more than 100 trips, however, keep in mind that once all the allocated trips are used up, you will not be able to take more trips.

  • If you have the Uber app installed:

    • Open the app and go to menu in upper left corner 
    • Open “Wallet” tab
    • At the bottom of the tab you’ll see  “Promotions” section and “Add promo code” button
    • Tap on “Add promo code” and enter your code
    • Confirm by tapping the “Add” button.  The promo code will be activated on your account.

    If you encounter any problems with code activation, please reach out to us via contact form - we’ll do our best to help you as soon as possible.

  • Uber Medic can be accessed only by registered Uber app users. To install the app:

    • If you’re using iPhone, open the App Store if you’re using phone with Android OS, open Google Play store
    • Click on search bar located at the top and enter “Uber”. Once the search is complete, you should see the Uber logo - click on it and tap “Install”  
    • Accept all install settings
    • Once the app is installed, open it.  You will be asked to give your permission to location services - once you agree, the app will be able to locate which will make your user experience more smooth. 
    • Enter your phone number - you’ll receive a text message with verification code, please enter it in the app. 
    • Fill in your details and enter your email address - we will  send you there trip receipts 
    • Choose your password. 
    • Enter your name. Once completed, you may start using the app.
  • If you have received a promo code from your hospital’s administration, you can only use it for trips to or from your medical facility. If you choose a different route that doesn’t start or end at your medical facility, the code will not work.


  • Uber Medics may only be used for trips to or from select medical facilities. 

  • Make sure that the start or end location you entered is one of the select medical facilities. If the address is correct but the promo does not apply, please contact our support via the form, we will do our best to solve the problem as soon as possible.

  • Make sure that the start or end location you entered is one of the select medical facilities. If the address is correct but you still don’t see Uber Medics, please contact our support via the form, we will do our best to solve the problem as soon as possible.

Each individual code distributed by the administration of the medical facilities mentioned in this article is valid for a single free UberX or Uber Medics trip to or from either of the medical facilities, with max trip cost of 40 PLN until 31.05.2020, 11:55 PM.

Access to Uber Medic applied by Uber’s support is valid for max 100 Uber Medics trips to or from one of the hospitals mentioned in this article, with max trip cost of 40 PLN until 31.05.2020, 11:55 PM.  Total volume of promotional trips for medical staff is limited to 10’000 across the country.

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