The ride-hailing app, Bolt, has embarked on a health screening exercise for drivers in the Ashanti Region to ensure they are physically healthy to undertake the task their work requires.
Bolt says it is considering the safety of passengers and drivers in the Ashanti region and other catchment areas. The health assessment will ensure drivers using the ride-hailing app are infection-free and physically capable to drive.
Bolt assessed the medical fitness of drivers across the Ashanti Region to determine if a driver's medical condition affects his ability to drive safely.
Drivers were taken through several functional assessments, including enhanced road assessment, therapeutic assessment, and a road test to determine their fitness to drive.
According to Operation Manager, Roland Fortune Amenu, the health checks are part of their usual employee benefits.
He says this will help discover any medical condition that may bar drivers from driving.
“We are doing this help our drivers. Over the years, we have been doing this to keep them healthy and to keep them on track. This will help discover any medical condition affecting them” he said.
Mr. Amenu indicated that such initiatives are to help ensure drivers also records no casualty.
“We want to ensure that our roads record no accidents”.
Some drivers on the ride-hailing app called for more of such initiatives.
They indicated the health screening will help reduce the rate of accidents in the region.
Latest Stories
-
Police officer dies in pursuit of traffic offender
5 mins -
NDC’s attempt to pooh-pooh our efforts to increase Ghana’s power grid senseless – Atta Akyea
6 mins -
Paris 2024: Cadman Yamoah eyes Olympics spot
39 mins -
Bayern Munich end Arsenal’s Champions League dream as Kimmich scores winner
59 mins -
Alan endorsed as ARC’s Presidential Candidate – Buaben Asamoa
1 hour -
UCL: Lunin heroics help Real Madrid beat Manchester City on penalties
1 hour -
10 arrested in Kasoa over allegations of missing genitals
1 hour -
PIAC advocates appointment reforms to GNPC Board membership
1 hour -
Let’s find African solutions to Africa’s problems – Akufo-Addo
1 hour -
Ghana, other low-income countries still need IMF’s zero-interest-rate loans – Dr Addison
2 hours -
AI could affect 40% of the global workforce, says IMF
2 hours -
Recent dumsor unfortunate; we are working to address it – Akufo-Addo to Ghanaians
2 hours -
Ghana’s External Debt Rework: Government rushed in announcing interim deal with private creditors – Dr Acheampong
4 hours -
Give true meaning to ‘Yen Ara Asaase Ni’, it’s not just a song – Sam Jonah tells journalists
4 hours -
IMF projects single-digit inflation of 8 percent for Ghana by end of 2025
4 hours