Raleigh’s WakeMed Hospital Launches UAV Delivery Program For Campus Medical Sample Deliveries Written 8 May 2019
8 May 2019
CBS News reports that a hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina, is “pioneering the use of drones to speed up the delivery of critical medical samples across WakeMed Hospital’s campus.” WakeMed “partnered with...UPS and drone-maker Matternet to launch the program in March.” The program debuts the “first revenue-producing commercial drone flights approved by the FAA,” and it is “the brainchild of Dr. Stuart Ginn, a former United Airlines pilot,” who “believes these drones will soon fly between hospitals miles apart and one day become a link to remote rural hospitals.” The three-year test pilot program will “test the integration of drones into the commercial airspace in Raleigh.” UPS, however, “thinks in the years to come, the program can be expanded to other hospital systems across the country.” (Image Credit: Tim Cox PhotoGraphics, Inc – Flirtey | Wikipedia)
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CBS News reports that a hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina, is “pioneering the use of drones to speed up the delivery of critical medical samples across WakeMed Hospital’s campus.” WakeMed “partnered with...UPS and drone-maker Matternet to launch the program in March.” The program debuts the “first revenue-producing commercial drone flights approved by the FAA,” and it is “the brainchild of Dr. Stuart Ginn, a former United Airlines pilot,” who “believes these drones will soon fly between hospitals miles apart and one day become a link to remote rural hospitals.” The three-year test pilot program will “test the integration of drones into the commercial airspace in Raleigh.” UPS, however, “thinks in the years to come, the program can be expanded to other hospital systems across the country.” (Image Credit: Tim Cox PhotoGraphics, Inc – Flirtey | Wikipedia)
Full Story (CBS News)