Silicon Valley drones to deliver critical medical supplies to the UK
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Zipline is partnering with the UK's National Health Service (NHS) to use drones to deliver medical supplies to reduce costs and improve quality of care. They are awaiting approval from the Civil Aviation Authority.
Zipline, Inc, based in Silicon Valley and one of the largest autonomous instant delivery companies in the world, plans to deliver medical supplies by drone for the UK's National Health Service. According to. The Financial Times, this innovative step is aimed at reducing costs and and improve services for hundreds of thousands of patients, UNN reports.
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As part of a In a groundbreaking partnership, San Francisco-based Zipline plans to to revolutionize the delivery of medical supplies to hospitals, clinics and and nursing homes. To do this, it is planned to use the capabilities of electric and autonomous drones.
Zipline has merged with the National Health Service (NHS), and in particular with the department, which is responsible for providing healthcare for more than 500,000 people in the northern part of the UK.
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The partnership with drone services comes at a time when the National Health Service Health Service is looking for ways to cut costs and improve services in the face of of one of the harshest winters on record, with people expecting around 7.7 million non-emergency visits to the doctor.
The drones can be in the air within two minutes of receiving a request, according to Zipline, cutting delivery times by hours and allowing for more efficient to utilize inventory more efficiently.
Zipline is currently awaiting final approval of the service from the Civil Aviation Authority.
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