In a 1st, drone flies blood from remote village to Uttarakhand

[nilanjan118]

Some rare, good news about drones from my native country.

In a 1st, drone flies blood from remote village to Uttarakhand hospital | Dehradun News - Times of India

In what could be a possible game-changer in the delivery of health services in rural areas, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in a first-of-its-kind ex

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

 

[SPark_South_Oz]

Good to see India making use of drones for such medical logistics.

The Swiss have had a similar trial for quite some time . . .

Drone carrying blood falls in lake during test

A drone carrying a blood sample has fallen into Lake Zurich during the test phase of a medical deliveries programme.

www.swissinfo.ch

As this report says, one recently crashed, into a lake thankfully, but still may cause concern for wider use.

I recall another similar news story on YouTube, but using larger winged drones, and THESE really looked great !!!
Will see if I can find it . . ., here's one of the many videos that come up in a search > africa drone blood delivery

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