On Friday, Deepinder Goyal, the Co-founder and CEO of Zomato, announced that the company’s over 20,000 delivery partners in 31 cities are fully prepared to offer medical assistance during roadside emergencies.
In a post on X, the CEO mentioned that over 100,000 delivery partners have expressed interest in undergoing professional first-responder training voluntarily, without any financial incentives.
A few months ago, we introduced India’s first ‘Emergency Heroes’ program, offering professional first-responder training to our delivery partners. I’m pleased to share that we now have over 20,000 delivery partners in 31 cities who are fully prepared to offer medical assistance during roadside emergencies,” wrote Goyal.
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“With the training they’ve received, our delivery partners have already provided assistance and medical aid in numerous roadside emergencies,” he added.
In response to Goyal’s announcement, Ronnie Screwvala, a serial investor and Co-founder/Chairperson of the edtech platform upGrad, described it as “Innovation with Impact.”
Meanwhile, Zomato reported a profit of INR 125 crore in the third quarter (Q3) of the current financial year, marking an improvement of INR 390 crore compared to the same quarter last year.
Its consolidated adjusted revenue increased by 53% year-on-year to INR 3,609 crore in Q3 FY24.
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