India Pharma Outlook Team | Tuesday, 30 May 2023
Zomato, the food ordering and delivery platform, has partnered with Dial4242 to provide ambulance services and medical support to delivery partners via mobile medical units (MMUs). The MMU allows Zomato's delivery partners to get free health checks and eye tests at convenient locations. Dial4242 is India's largest app-based ambulance aggregator, with a network of 12,000+ ambulances and a presence in 735 cities.
It is known for providing efficient and dependable emergency medical services. Dial4242 has saved the lives of over 40 lakh people, including those associated with brands such as the Tata Group of Companies, Kelloggs, and Marico, among others. MMUs are currently being established in Delhi and Gurgaon. Within two weeks of MMU deployment, 500 delivery partners had used the MMUs to improve their health and well-being.
"The well-being of our delivery partners is of utmost importance to us," said Rinshul Chandra, COO of Zomato's food ordering and delivery business. Since January 2023, we have been utilising Dial4242's ambulance services in our effort to provide 24x7 ambulance support to our delivery partners across India. We intend to provide preventative healthcare support to our delivery partners by strengthening our relationship with Dial4242 through the Mobile Medical Unit setups. We hope to foster a culture of care and safety within the Zomato ecosystem with this initiative."ers.
“We are glad to have been able to deliver efficient tracking of ambulances through our high-tech platform that helps track the nearest ambulance in real time. Our extended collaboration with Zomato for such lifesaving initiatives encourages us to keep on building better processes and systems to be able to fulfil our mission of making ambulances available to each and every Indian within 10 minutes”, stated Jeetendra, Lalwani, co-founder, Dial4242 ambulance services. “This initiative underlines the positive outlook of the delivery industry and ecommerce players towards the welfare of their delivery partners. We look forward to fostering strong partnerships with other brands in the industry,” said Atin Verma COO, Dial4242 ambulance services.