TRENDS
Shaving
response
time
Covering
underserved
areas
Delivering
once-unattainable
medical supplies
THIS IS HOW DRONES ARE SAVING LIVES.
PHOTO COMPOSITE BY JASON FLORIO
When seven month-old Noella Uwamwezi
developed severe malarial anemia, doctors
at her hospital in Rwanda urgently needed
blood. As soon as they realized the hospital
did not have a match for her blood type, they
ordered its delivery via text message. Within
a few minutes, a small, unmanned 20-pound
electric drone parachuted a red, shoeboxsized
container into a designated landing zone
near the hospital’s health center.
BY PRAGATI VERMA
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