All the medicines available in big towns and cities are not available in small towns. If found, they cannot be stored. Because they also have some time. After that time it will not work. Also, there is a lack of time to bring it when needed. As a result, the life of the patient is threatened.
It is best to bring them as soon as possible to overcome this situation. Otherwise the patient has to be taken to hospitals in big cities. This is not always possible. At one point there is a possibility of loss of life.
Chandrababu Naidu-led government came up with an innovative idea to check such things Drones are being used to deliver medicines to remote areas during disasters and emergencies. The process undertaken as a pilot project in Kollipara Mandal of Guntur District has been successful.
Annavaramlanka Ayushman Health center is 15 km away from Munnangi Primary Health Centre. A 10 kg vaccine and medicine kit was sent by Drogo drone to the Health Center using a drone. The drone reached the target within 10 minutes after crossing the roads, Repalle canal and Krishna river basin.
PHC Medical Officer CH Lakshmi Sudha, Tehsildar Siddhartha and MPDO Vijaya Lakshmi supervised the process. The report will be sent to higher authorities.
Recently, the state government has taken strong measures to provide food to the people in the flood affected areas of Vijayawada. Taking another step forward in this process, for the first time in the country, water, food and medicine were distributed by drones to those trapped in the flood-affected areas.
These drones have been used as part of alternative routes for food supply in narrow areas where even boats and helicopters cannot go. Food distribution by drone to the victims in many areas has yielded results.