Blinkit’s 10-Minute Ambulance Service: Law Of The Land Must Be Followed, Says Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal

New Delhi: Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal had a word of advice for Blinkit after the quick commerce company launched its 10-minute ambulance service.

Goyal said the Zomato-owned company must make sure that the law of the land is followed and all legal requirements taken care of properly.

“As regards Blinkit with ambulance service or medicines being delivered, my only submission would be that they have to make sure that they meet the law of the land, and whatever other legal requirements should be properly taken care of. No laws of the land should be broken,” ANI quoted Goyal as saying on Friday.

Blinkit’s latest addition, started on Thursday, will provide ambulance service at the patient’s doorstep in about 10 minutes. The service was kicked off with five ambulances in Gurugram.

“Our 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,” informed Blinkit CEO Albinder Dhindsa.

Each ambulance has a paramedic, an assistant and a trained driver to make sure we are able to deliver the highest quality of service in time of need, he added.

“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,” Dhindsa stated.

Blinkit provides food items, cosmetics and beauty products, daily essentials, pet care products, books, fashion basics, etc. as a quick commerce service.