To hasten organ transplants in hospitals, Nitin Gadkari, the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways introduced the first drone prototype in India on Saturday.
Drones will speed up the process of transporting the harvested organs from the airport to the hospital compared to the existing technique of transporting them by road.
According to Dr. Prashanth Rajagopalan, director of MGM Healthcare, a business that assisted in developing the prototype drone technology, the package containing the organs may currently be transported by drones up to a distance of 20 kilometers.
Rajagopalan claims that his hospital collaborates with a city-based drone company to transport the organs. He claims that this will transform the final leg of organ transportation.
“We will soon need innovation in organ shipping logistics since we understand how important efficiency and perfect organ transportation are. Drone use is one of these promoted ideas “Gadkari stated.
He said, “This is a very creative technique of solving the transportation problem and I applaud MGM Healthcare for being part of the research and development,” after digitally unveiling the prototype from New Delhi.
According to Gadkari, improved land and air connectivity can help with the logistical challenge of organ transportation, and his ministry has already begun to make improvements to the infrastructure. Road infrastructure initiatives like the Bharatmala Pariyojana, a brand-new umbrella program for the roads industry, will be very beneficial for moving goods across India.
He stated that the expressway would operate with a close-door system, have a greenfield routing, and reduce travel time. He continued, “Land acquisition and other development-related operations are proceeding.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed that the Center understood the importance of infrastructure development for expanding trade and business as well as for saving lives and improving healthcare.
Dr. K. R. Balakrishnan, Chairman of Cardiac Sciences and Director of the Institute of Heart and Lung Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support at MGM Healthcare, and his team received congratulations from Gadkari for successfully managing India’s largest adult and pediatric heart transplant program and performing more than 500 heart and lung transplants. He continued by saying that accomplishing this goal puts India on the global map.
