In a quiet transformation of merchandising -giant to (also) health care giant, Amazon can position his vast logistics network and grow the medical footprint to save lives, starting with your front door.
According to Bloomberg, Amazon set a pilot program of a few months called called in 2023 Project pulseResting delivery vans with defibrillators and training drivers in CPR. More than 100 drivers participated in cities such as London, Amsterdam and Bologna, with various warnings from Citizen Responder apps and arrived on the spot. (Allegedly, rescue services are already the victims.)
The company did not go any further, but it is “evaluating feedback and exploring extra opportunities for future programs,” a Amazon spokesperson told Bloomberg.
It would probably win a public relations for the company. It would also be a way to expand Amazon’s health care ambitions than one medical, the primary care provider for which the beginning of 2023 yielded $ 3.9 billion.
With rivals such as Walgreens and Walmart who withdraw from first -line care – Walmart Closed The primary health care activities in April last year, the closing of 51 locations, and Walgreens is again being taken privately by Sycamore Partners for Just $ 10 billion – Amazon can increasingly feel self -confident that it can do what the others could not: reform the care and bring more than just packages to the door of customers.