Zomato trains delivery partners to provide medical aid during roadside emergencies

New Delhi,UPDATED: Jun 13, 2024 20:59 IST

Food delivery company Zomato received a big round of applause on the internet after CEO Deepinder Goyal announced that thousands of their delivery partners have been professionally trained to provide medical aid and help during critical roadside emergencies.

In a post on X on June 13, Goyal said, “Yesterday in Mumbai, we broke the Guinness World Records for the largest first aid lesson at a single venue, together with 4,300 delivery partners. Over 30,000 @zomato delivery partners are now professionally trained to provide medical aid and help during critical roadside emergencies.”

“Salute and a big thank you to these Emergency Heroes of India,” he added.

See the post here:

Zomato also shared a post on X and said that their emergency heroes will have a green plus sign on their bag.

“We hope you never use this Zomato service,” Zomato said in the caption of their post, adding that 30,000 of their delivery partners have received professional training to give first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in case of critical road emergencies. “But we hope you never need it,” Zomato said while expressing gratitude towards their delivery partners.

Take a look at the comments on Zomato’s initiative:

Several other social media users urged other companies “which involves logistics to take such initiatives” as well.