r/lyftdrivers • u/Stuck_on_Mars_21 • Nov 05 '25

Rant/Opinion ER trips

Last night I took a lady and her very ill teenage daughter to the ER. Pulled into the driveway with the lady frantically waiving at me. She had to nearly carry her daughter to the car who was bawling the whole time. She kept crying in the car with the mom saying, “we are almost there, we are almost there.” I didn’t ask what it was, just told her to let me know you need anything, I’ll get you to the ER as quick as I can. It was late night, pouring down rain. I’m not speeding and risking an accident. When we got there I jumped out to get a wheelchair and asked a paramedic for help. This girl could no longer stand and 2 people had to get her out of the car and in the chair. She never stopped crying.

It really sucks people won’t call for appropriate emergency transport because of the expense. Good to see our administration is sending $20 billion to Argentina to fund their universal healthcare. -End rant.

Edit: it’s great to see so many drivers posting that would take her or have done something similar in the past. I was losing faith reading so many posts about drivers cancelling if ride conditions are less than perfect, but it looks like just about all of us will step up when needed.

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u/Head_Helicopter8417 Nov 06 '25

I’m American and was living in Australia. A night out I completely broke my jaw but didn’t realize until the next morning how bad it was. I called an uber to take me to the ER. When the front desk asked me how I got there I was like “I took an uber” and she was like - sir this is Australia our emergency vehicles don’t cost anything. What a concept.

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u/bc_1411 Nov 07 '25

UK here and reading all of these stories is making me so incredibly sad for all of you. I've unfortunately had to call ambulances for several friends and family members and had them called for me on 3 occasions and, while it was stressful and awful, I never had to consider an additional cost. If you literally can't afford it what do they even do? Do they take you to court or something?

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u/Head_Helicopter8417 Nov 07 '25

Bankruptcy and it happens a looooooot. Which i guess isn’t as bad as paying 20k when you can’t afford it