ICMR conducts successful trial run of blood bag delivery under iDrone initiative

Category : Science and Tech Published on: May 13 2023

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The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR successfully conducted a trial run of delivery of blood bags by drones under its iDrone initiative.
The trial run, as part of a pathbreaking validation study, has been undertaken for the first time in the country by the ICMR.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) flew 10 units of whole blood samples using drone technology for 40 minutes – time taken by an ambulance to transport a similar set of blood samples from Delhi’s Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC) to the Government Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) in Noida, UP.
The trial run has been undertaken for the first time in the country by the collaborative efforts of ICMR, LHMC, GIMS and Jaypee Institute of Information Technology (JIIT), Noida.
i-DRONE' was first used during covid19 pandemic by ICMR for distributing vaccines to unreachable areas.