Drone carries medicines from AIIMS Rishikesh to remote village
Drones are being increasingly and successfully used for healthcare services delivery in the country, particularly reaching out to the patients in the remote and inaccessible terrain. Latest to join the bandwagon is Rishikesh-based All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) which on Thursday successfully deployed an unmanned aerial vehicle to carry vital medicines to a remote place of Uttarakhand’s hill state.
The Vertiplane X3 drone carried 3 kilograms of TB medicines from AIIMS Rishikesh to New Tehri PHC, covering 36 kilometers in 2 kilometers in 29 minutes. It is 6X faster than ground transportation, as the road journey is 72+ kilometers long and takes 2.5-3 hours.
