India, Nov. 5 -- Blinkit Ambulance will charge Rs 2,500 for each non-emergency case, Zomato Founder Deepinder Goyal said on Thursday, highlighting a growing share of bookings for routine medical checkups rather than emergency cases.

Goyal clarified that emergency transfers will be free as always while non-emergency transfers will be charged Rs 2,500 after the trip, broadly in line with what private ambulances charge.

"In the last 2 years, we have served approximately 20,000 emergency cases (about 42,000 cases in total). We haven't charged a single rupee for any of them. And we want to keep it that way. With everything free, a growing share of bookings are for routine checkups, hospital visits and hospital-to-home transfers, trips that a...