Innovative Drone-delivery Project Medicine From The Sky in TS

Hyderabad: The World Economic Forum Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Network on Thursday announced that it will embark on an innovative drone-delivery project called ‘Medicine from the Sky’ in Telangana.
The project will  run in partnership with the government of Telangana and Health Net Global, which will include a comprehensive study of drone-based deliveries for blood, vaccines, medical samples and organs.
The government of Telangana, World Economic Forum and Health Net Global signed an agreement for the project to be stewarded by leaders in medicine, technology and research.
According to an official release a study will be conducted to look at how delivery drones can be used to improve medical supply chains, followed by a pilot implementation in Telangana.
 The project will help facilitate better decision-making in healthcare supply chains, focus on alast-mile’ deliveries to augment national healthcare programmes, and address issues that affect the medical distribution system.
“We hope that through this pilot with the World Economic Forum, we can inform the Centre on the regulations that can help us positively use drones and unlock the potential of India by harnessing technology,” said Jayesh Ranjan, Principal Secretary, Industries, Commerce and ITE&C, Government of Telangana.