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Drones have taken the world by storm. Since their commercial inception, they started dotting the skies and raised privacy concerns across the United States and United Kingdom.
But in the remote regions of Rwanda, they are used to save lives.A drone delivery service called “Uber for blood,” is operating in remote areas in Rwanda to deliver blood to patients who are in dire need and are stuck in areas that are rather inaccessible or far away from hospitals by road. A Silicon Valley-based company called Zipline is behind the initiative.
Using technology to its ultimate life-saving potential, when blood is needed in any one of the 12 linked hospitals in eastern Rwanda, doctors use popular messaging app WhatsApp to send a message to Zipline, the official website reads.
Then a drone is deployed which carries the blood at 60 miles per hour. It would alert the medical professionals when the drone is one minute away and then parachute-drops the package before flying away.
This partnership between Zipline and the country’s health ministry has reduced delivery time of vital supplies from four hours to an average of about 30 minutes….
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