The aim is to improve patient care by accelerating turnaround delivery times.
Drones can reduce the duration to less than two minutes.
This is why the trials drone deliveries will focus on serving this particular group.
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Using lightweight commercial drones can potentially cut emissions byup to 99%compared to non-electric means of road transport.
The pilot, which will last for six months, is expected to start this autumn.
Thestartupis on a mission to build an on-demand, medical drone delivery connection for the NHS and beyond.
The company has developed a logistics API that connects healthcare providers with drone operators.
Apian and Wing have previously worked together on medical drone deliveries in Ireland.
Story byIoanna Lykiardopoulou
Ioanna is a writer at TNW.
With a background in the humanities, she has a soft spot for social impact-enabling technologies.
