Toronto 
Telus and Koodo are offering two months of free wireless service to hospital frontline workers.
TELUS will be crediting monthly rate plan charges for two months for eligible TELUS and Koodo customers and who are frontline healthcare workers at select hospitals in areas across Ontario and Quebec that have been significantly impacted by COVID-19.
“The incredible strength, resiliency and compassion our remarkable frontline healthcare workers have demonstrated during this public health crisis is nothing short of extraordinary,” said Darren Entwistle, TELUS’ President and CEO.
WHO ARE ELIGIBLE
TELUS’ Medical Advisory Council, a group of national experts in pandemic leadership, public health, mental health, primary care, occupational health, infectious diseases, digital health, and health economics, identified Ontario and Quebec hospitals with the largest COVID-19 case loads including:
- University Health Network, Toronto
- St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto
- Sinai Health Systems, Toronto
- Trillium Health Partners, Peel
- North York General Hospital, York
- The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa
- Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal
- Centre Universitaire de Santé McGill.
TELUS is also expanding this program to hospitals in BC and Alberta.
This program is an extension of the TELUS Mobility for Good program. First launched in British Columbia in 2017, followed by Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick, Manitoba and Alberta, TELUS Mobility for Good offers 20,000 youth transitioning out of foster care with a smartphone and TELUS mobile plan at $0 per month, including unlimited nationwide talk and text and up to 3GB of monthly data usage for two years.
TELUS’ Connecting for Good programs™ programs also include:
- Internet for Good, offering high-speed broadband internet to qualified low-income families for only $9.95 per month.
- Health for Good, enabling TELUS mobile health clinics to bring primary healthcare directly to people in need living on the streets in urban centres across Canada.
- Tech for Good, helping differently-abled Canadians facing challenges using smartphones and tablets with customized technology solutions that help them live more independently
