India's First Drone Prototype For Organ Transport Unveiled By Nitin Gadkari
NDTV
Nitin Gadkari pointed out that the issue of logistics for organ transportation can be resolved through better land and air connectivity.
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Saturday unveiled India's first prototype of drone transportation of human organs to facilitate quick organ transplant in hospitals.
The use of drones in moving the harvested organs from the airport to the hospital, as against the present mode of transporting them by road from airport, will reduce considerable time.
"At present, drones can be used to move the box containing the organs up to a distance of 20 km," Dr Prashanth Rajagopalan, director, MGM Healthcare, which has co-created the prototype drone technology, said.
His hospital has entered into a tie-up with a city-based drone company for shifting the organs, Mr Rajagopalan told reporters. This is aimed at revolutionising the last-mile transportation of organs, he said.
