Drones to ease medical delivery to remote areas

TRANSPORTING blood and other crucial medical supplies from healthcare facilities to the remote corners of the country is costly and time-consuming if done conventionally.

- KAVITA BAJELI-DATT @New Delhi

TRANSPORTING blood and other crucial medical supplies from healthcare facilities to the remote corners of the country is costly and time-consuming if done conventionally. But now, drone technology offers far better opportunities in the healthcare sector, primarily in remote environments, by enabling timely delivery of life-saving medical supplies, says a latest ICMR study.

Published in the Springer Nature journal, the study by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) argues that in the future, drones could become an effective way to deliver medical supplies, especially time-sensitive and emergency drugs, to the farthest reaches of rural India.