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- A Vertiplane X3 drone was used to deliver 2kg package of anti-tubercular drugs to a district hospital in Tehri Garhwal of Uttarakhand during the trial.
- The aerial distance of nearly 40 kilometres between the helipad at AIIMS and the hospital was covered in 30 minutes.
- The project will calculate the cost of effectiveness of delivering not only medicines but sputum samples to laboratories to support the country’s programme to eliminate TB by 2025.
- This is not the first time a drone has been used to transport medical supplies.
- Another pilot was carried out by a Bangalore based startup in Arunachal Pradesh to deliver medicines.
- Other than that, there are e-pharmacies that have also introduced drone delivery.
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