Why the Amazon driver can be the one who saves your life

In a quiet transformation from the giant giant into (also) a health giant, Amazon can position its stretching logistics network and grow a medical footprint to save your life potentially, starting from your front door.

According to Bloomberg, in 2023, Amazon piloted a several monthly pilot program called Project Pulse, equipping vans with defibrillators and training drivers at CPR. In cities such as London, Amsterdam and Bologna, more than 100 drivers participated, several of them receiving signals from Citizen Responder apps and arrived on the spot. (It is reported that the rescue services are already referring to the victims.)

The company did not move on, but « evaluates feedback and explores additional opportunities for future programs, » Azon spokesman told Bloomberg.

He will probably win public relations for the company. It would also be a way of expanding Amazon’s ambitions in healthcare beyond a medical, primary assistance provider, which destroyed $ 3.9 billion in early 2023.

With rivals like Walgreens and Walmart, they retire from primary aid – Walmart closed its main healthcare business in April last year, closing 51 seats, and Walgreens is again taken in private from Sycamore Partners for only $ 10 billion – Amazon can feel more confident that it can do that it can do that it can do that it can be more arranged More than just customers’ packaging.