A Victoria taxi company is offering free rides to help get healthcare workers to work until April 14.

Current Taxi will give healthcare workers a free ride to or from either the Victoria General Hospital or the Royal Jubilee Hospital.

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To book, use the app and add IH employee in the notes section for booking and show Island Health identification to the driver at the start of the ride.

The offer is also extended to healthcare workers in Kelowna, where the company started.

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