DEHRADUN: In a first of its kind exercise, 2kg of anti-tuberculosis drugs were successfully delivered by a drone at a hospital in Uttarakhand’s Tehri Garhwal district from AIIMS Rishikesh, located 40km away.
It cut the delivery time from over 2 hours to just 30 minutes. “Revolutionising Healthcare Delivery Using Drones!,” Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya tweeted hours after the successful operation.
He also shared a video of the exercise. He said drone delivery between AIIMS, Rishikesh and the district hospital was part of a pilot project to assess long-term sustainability of drone-based delivery.
“Drone-based delivery can also aid in organ transportation in future,” he said. According to the minister, the next drone-based trial is scheduled to be an exercise between AIIMS Delhi and its extension campus in Haryana’s Jhajjar that are 50-km apart with a drive time of more than 1.5 hours.
It cut the delivery time from over 2 hours to just 30 minutes. “Revolutionising Healthcare Delivery Using Drones!,” Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya tweeted hours after the successful operation.
He also shared a video of the exercise. He said drone delivery between AIIMS, Rishikesh and the district hospital was part of a pilot project to assess long-term sustainability of drone-based delivery.
“Drone-based delivery can also aid in organ transportation in future,” he said. According to the minister, the next drone-based trial is scheduled to be an exercise between AIIMS Delhi and its extension campus in Haryana’s Jhajjar that are 50-km apart with a drive time of more than 1.5 hours.
