Blinkit rolls out 10-minute ambulance service in Gurugram
Emphasising emergency healthcare services, quick commerce platform Blinkit has rolled out its pilot project of 10-minute ambulance service in Gurugram.
Blinkit CEO Albinder Dhindsa said that the company will now provide an “ambulance in 10 minutes” through the app which will help to curb medical aid distress in the cities.
“We are taking our first step towards solving the problem of providing quick and reliable ambulance service in our cities. The first five ambulances will be on the road in Gurugram starting today,” Dhindsa said in a post on X.
He said as the service expands, people will have the option to book a Basic Life Support (BLS) ambulance through the Blinkit app.
“The ambulances are equipped with essential life-saving equipment, including oxygen cylinders, AED (Automated External Defibrillator), stretcher, monitor, suction machine, and essential emergency medicines and injections,” he added in the post.
Dhindsa said each ambulance has a paramedic, an assistant and a trained driver.
“Profit is not a goal here. We will operate this service at an affordable cost for customers and invest in really solving this critical problem for the long term.
“We are carefully scaling this service up, as it is both important and new to us. Our aim is to expand to all major cities over the next two years,” added Dhindsa.
