The county of Angus in eastern Scotland is teaming up with drone startup DTLX to begin testing drone transport of medical supplies between regional hospitals and labs – another example of the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) turning to UAV for faster options to ground vehicles.
The trials will operate from the coastal city of Montrose, and transport medical supplies and lab samples between various NHS facilities across Angus and those in Dundee, about 26 aerial miles south. The project will initially seek to speed up NHS efforts to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. If successful, however, it could be extended across northern Scotland, where rugged terrain and large areas with sparse populations can make easy access to health care for residents a challenge.
“This level of improvement could potentially allow life-saving treatment to begin sooner by reducing testing times, speeding up diagnoses for patients, all at a reduced cost to the NHS by reducing…
