Drones to soon transport organs, supplies between hospitals: Jayant Sinha
6 years, 1 month ago

Drones to soon transport organs, supplies between hospitals: Jayant Sinha

The Quint  

New Delhi, Nov 30 India could soon see the use of drones for transporting organs and other emergency medical supplies between hospitals under the new policy for remotely piloted aircraft, the official registration process for which began on Friday. Speaking to reporters here, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha said the government is examining the possibility of creating "drone ports" in hospitals to permit this kind of transportation. We are working on the next step of our drone policy where we are looking at allowing flying drones beyond the line of sight in certain areas," Sinha said. "Drone ports in hospitals can allow quick transportation of harvested organs to recipients under the Drone Policy 2.0 or the next generation of our policy that was recently announced," Sinha said. "The draft civil aviation requirement for Drone Policy 2.0 will be issued for consultation on January 15 at a global aviation summit India is hosting in Mumbai," he added.

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Drones to Send Medicines to Remote Parts of ASR District
2 months ago

Drones to Send Medicines to Remote Parts of ASR District

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Alluri Sitharama Raju district has taken another big step in the adoption of drone technology. The World Economic Forum recently carried out its 'Medicine From The Sky' programme, which aims to remove the urban-rural divide by moving blood, vaccines and even organs via drones, in the district on a pilot basis. ASR district collector A.S. Dinesh Kumar confirmed the …

Plan to ease rules on drones could help urgent medical deliveries
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Plan to ease rules on drones could help urgent medical deliveries

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Urgent medical deliveries could be made by drones under proposals to …

AIIMS Bhubaneswar conducts successful drone trial for medical deliveries in Odisha
11 months, 3 weeks ago

AIIMS Bhubaneswar conducts successful drone trial for medical deliveries in Odisha

The Hindu  

Recognising the transformative potential of drones for the healthcare system, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, successfully carried out an experimental drone trial on Tuesday. According to AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, the drone completed the successful journey of 120 kms from AIIMS Bhubaneswar to Community Health Centre, Tangi in just 1.10 hours, carrying the essential blood supplies weighing around 2 …

Fast-tracking the flight of India’s drone industry
1 year, 7 months ago

Fast-tracking the flight of India’s drone industry

Hindustan Times  

India is keen to leverage its nascent civilian drone industry to become a global hub. In what this brief collectively calls the Drone Regulations 3.0, it includes the liberalised Drone Rules 2021, a production-linked incentive scheme, the unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management policy, the certification scheme for unmanned aircraft systems, the drone import policy, and the Drone Rules, 2022. This …

The 70mph drones taking hospital medical supplies to the skies
1 year, 11 months ago

The 70mph drones taking hospital medical supplies to the skies

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery The trial aims to reduce delivery times and cut carbon emissions …

First drone station set up in Meghalaya to deliver drugs
2 years, 1 month ago

First drone station set up in Meghalaya to deliver drugs

The Hindu  

The air delivery of 1.5 kg of medicines to a remote location marked the unveiling of India’s first drone station for transporting drugs at the Jengjal Subdivisional Hospital in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills district on Monday. The Jengjal Drone Station should hopefully be the first of many such stations for ensuring certain services to people in remote areas,” State’s Health …

New Prototype Powered by Drone Technology for Quick Organ Transport Launched
2 years, 4 months ago

New Prototype Powered by Drone Technology for Quick Organ Transport Launched

News 18  

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. “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 …

Drone deliveries set for big takeoff as cos take advantage of relaxed norms
2 years, 7 months ago

Drone deliveries set for big takeoff as cos take advantage of relaxed norms

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI :From 10 June, Redcliffe Labs will start using drones to carry medical test samples twice daily from its collection centres in the remote corners of Uttarkashi to its laboratories in Dehradun. Experts said the healthcare industry will be the first large-scale adopter of commercial drone delivery after the government liberalized rules for operating drones last August. The drone …

Uttarakhand becomes the 1st Indian state to roll out drone in healthcare
2 years, 7 months ago

Uttarakhand becomes the 1st Indian state to roll out drone in healthcare

Live Mint  

Commercial utilisation of drones to bring quality healthcare to Indians in the remotest areas seems to be a reality now. Redcliffe Labs, a unit of Redcliffe Lifetech in the U.S., has come up with its first commercial drone flight in the country’s healthcare sector. Dheeraj Jain, Founder, Redcliffe Labs informed that Uttarkashi to Dehradun by road is 144 km, 6-8 …

Civil aviation minister inaugurates droneport at IIT Guwahati
3 years, 2 months ago

Civil aviation minister inaugurates droneport at IIT Guwahati

India Today  

General VK Singh, the Minister of State Civil Aviation inaugurated India's first Center for Excellence in Research on Drone/UAV Technology and Artificial Intelligence, along with a Skill development Center for Drone/UAV operation and maintenance, a Nodal Center for overall administrative Drone Data management for Northeast Region and 'AXOMDroneports' which will be used to support cargo drones delivering urgent and emergency …

Covid vaccine delivery: IIT Bombay, ICMR get nod for drone use from govt
3 years, 4 months ago

Covid vaccine delivery: IIT Bombay, ICMR get nod for drone use from govt

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Ministry of Civil Aviation and Directorate General of Civil Aviation have granted conditional exemption from Drone Rules, 2021 to the Indian Council of Medical Research and the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. Both the organisations -- the IIT and the ICMR -- have been granted conditional exemption from Drone Rules, 2021, the statement said. The permission has …

ICMR allowed to use drones for vaccine delivery trials in Manipur, Nagaland
3 years, 4 months ago

ICMR allowed to use drones for vaccine delivery trials in Manipur, Nagaland

Live Mint  

Ministry of Civil Aviation said it has granted conditional exemption from Drone Policy to Indian Council of Medical Research and Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay on Monday. ICMR, the apex biomedical research body in India, has been allowed to use drones for conducting experimental Beyond Visual Line of Sight vaccine delivery in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Manipur, and Nagaland up …

In Perspective: India’s big bet on drones
3 years, 4 months ago

In Perspective: India’s big bet on drones

Hindustan Times  

Last week, India’s civil aviation ministry notified new rules covering drones — the second time that regulations were updated this year itself. The resulting rules appear to recognise that the previous regulations more or less amounted to throwing the baby out with the bathwater – a labyrinthine process ostensibly aimed at keeping the skies safe meant people had to navigate …

Drone seen over Indian High Commission in Islamabad, New Delhi protests breach: All you need to know
3 years, 6 months ago

Drone seen over Indian High Commission in Islamabad, New Delhi protests breach: All you need to know

Firstpost  

Two defence personnel were injured in twin blasts conducted by drones at Jammu’s IAF station on Sunday Days after a drone attacked the Indian Air Force station in Jammu, reports said that a drone was seen in the residential area of the Indian high commission in Islamabad. Two defence personnel were injured in twin blasts conducted by drones at Jammu’s …

Drone Based Vaccine And Medicine Deliveries Can Reduce Pressure On India's Healthcare System
3 years, 6 months ago

Drone Based Vaccine And Medicine Deliveries Can Reduce Pressure On India's Healthcare System

News 18  

The vaccination drive for COVID-19 is going to be a gigantic task even though India has a well-structured vaccination delivery system owing to its universal immunisation programmes. Using drones could make delivery of critical medicines, vaccines especially to remote areas, more accessible and faster. Also, the use of drones to deliver medical supplies will help in better resource management of …

By Delivering Jabs, Medicines to Remote Rural Areas Quickly, Drones Can Aid India’s COVID Fight
3 years, 8 months ago

By Delivering Jabs, Medicines to Remote Rural Areas Quickly, Drones Can Aid India’s COVID Fight

News 18  

Vaccination drive for COVID-19 is going to be a gigantic task even though India has a well-structured vaccination delivery system owing to its universal immunisation programmes. Using drones could make delivery of critical medicines, especially vaccines, to remote areas more accessible and faster. Using drones to deliver medical supplies will help in better resource management of the limited supplies and …

In a first, Drones deployed for sanitisation and medicine delivery in Bengaluru
3 years, 8 months ago

In a first, Drones deployed for sanitisation and medicine delivery in Bengaluru

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa on Friday inaugurated an initiative to use drones to sanitise containment zones as well as deliver medicines and essential goods to the affected people. The drones with a capacity to ferry 35-40 kilograms of materials can be used for delivering medicines and essential goods besides sanitising the areas. If successful, this could be a breakthrough …

National Drone Policy is progressive but there are grey areas that need to be addressed
6 years, 1 month ago

National Drone Policy is progressive but there are grey areas that need to be addressed

Firstpost  

In India, the first notification regulating the drone industry came as a public notice issued by India’s Civil Aviation regulator, Directorate General of Civil Aviation on 7 October 2014. The only positive part in the notification was the future promise by Civil Aviation Ministry that, “DGCA is in the process of formulating the regulations and globally harmonise those for regulatory …

India needs drone guidelines on par with global standards
6 years, 4 months ago

India needs drone guidelines on par with global standards

Hindustan Times  

The ministry of civil aviation has announced a policy allowing individuals and companies to fly drones from December 1, in areas other than those barred for security reasons. According to the civil aviation ministry, drones are a technology platform with wide-ranging applications from photography to agriculture, from infrastructure asset maintenance to insurance. The preparation of these drone regulations through a …

India unveils its very first drone policy, to be effective from 1 December
6 years, 4 months ago

India unveils its very first drone policy, to be effective from 1 December

Firstpost  

Permission for flying a drone needs to be applied via an app and digital permits will be given accordingly. However, that is about to change from 1 December after the National Drone Policy drafted by the Ministry of Civil Aviation comes into effect. It was necessary to develop global standard drone regulations that would permit, with appropriate safeguards, the commercial …

Government unveils drone policy, new regulations to come into effect from December 1
6 years, 4 months ago

Government unveils drone policy, new regulations to come into effect from December 1

India TV News  

The government on Monday unveiled a policy and guidelines for remotely piloted aircraft or drones. Unveiling the "Drone Regulations 1.0" in New Delhi, Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu said that these would help foster technology and innovation in the development of drones which have an extensive range of applications ranging from disaster relief, aerial surveys and in agriculture to precision …

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