Breaking: Blinkit Rolls Out 10 Minutes Ambulance Service Starting from Gurugram

-The ambulances are fully equipped with essential life-saving equipment, including oxygen cylinders, AED (Automated External Defibrillator), stretchers, monitors, suction machines, and emergency medicines. 

-Each ambulance is staffed with a paramedic, assistant, and trained driver to ensure high-quality service when it’s needed most. 

-The first five ambulances will be on the road in Gurugram starting today.

In a fresh development, quick-commerce major Blinkit has rolled out a quick ambulance service on its platform. 

Announcing the initiative, Albinder Dhindsa, founder & CEO, Blinkit said, “We are taking our first step towards solving the problem of providing quick and reliable ambulance service in our cities." 

He said the first five ambulances will be on the road in Gurugram starting today. "As we expand the service to more areas, you will start seeing an option to book a Basic Life Support (BLS) ambulance through the Blinkit app,” he added.

Sharing more details on the much-awaited and talked about medical service, the CEO said, the ambulances are fully equipped with essential life-saving equipment, including oxygen cylinders, AED (Automated External Defibrillator), stretchers, monitors, suction machines, and emergency medicines. 

Each ambulance is staffed with a paramedic, assistant, and trained driver to ensure high-quality service when it’s needed most. 

“Our focus is not on profit, but on providing this critical service at an affordable cost, with a long-term commitment to solving this urgent problem. We are carefully scaling our operations and aim to expand to all major cities within the next two years,” Dhindsa added.

Blinkit On a Roll

Just days back, the quick commerce major announced 'delete order history' from customers respective accounts on the platform. On the same day, it expanded its quick service delivery in Jammu, to include the Tier-II cities under its ambit.

Before that, Blinkit appointed former Flipkart & OYO executive-- Vipin Kapooria as its new CFO. 

To tap in the quick food delivery market, just like its rival-Zepto (with Zepto Cafe), Blinkit too launched "Bistro". 

It also started piloting ‘Blinkit Seller Hub’- a service to sellers to list themselves on the platform.

Previously it introduced a return option too for categories including clothing and footwear, thereby expanding its range of services. 

Just like the quick ambulance service, Blinkit also launched quick delivery of passport-sized photos earlier this year.

Going by these trends, it will be interesting to see what new area the quick commerce major plans to venture into next.