Mommy, call me a taxi!
Ohio reported an unfortunate 1,024 infant deaths in 2016[1], serving one of the highest infant mortality rates in the USA. Given this, the SmartColumbus now provides access to transportation services to pregnant moms for faster medical assistance.
It is devastating to see a family lose their baby; every seven days, a family in franklin county loses a baby within one year of the birth[2]. About 40.8% of families fall below the poverty line in Ohio[3], making it difficult for low-come mothers to get adequate medical services. Ride4Baby is a joint initiative by seven organizations to help the community.
With a 0.457 wage GINI[3], Ohio, certainly has an uneven wealth distribution in the community. Ride4Baby is in its pilot program, and a proposable methodology from a personal point of view is for the community to collaborate with Ride4Baby and catalog transportation, which can then be compensated via tax rebates. Also, various hospitals in Mumbai have been donated ambulances and motor vehicles for medical use, similarly, city governments can employ vehicle donation programs where the community can donate vehicles, not in use for medical cases.
An alternative, however, a somewhat debatable solution could be to make use of the pool of fine collected from traffic violations into the implementation of such services in areas of stunted medical aid performance.
Ride4Baby has been of utter help to low-come women groups in lowly neighborhoods. The service has joined hands with seven organizations and solicit pregnant moms to use the service for transportation assistance, also offering them gift cards for participating in their surveys.
[1]myfcph.org/health-wellness-maternal-and-child-health/infant-mortaility
[2]wexnermedical.osu.edu/about-us/our-community/infant-mortality
[3]datausa.io/profile/geo/franklin-county-oh/#economy
