Bill Gates hails Ghana's medical drone delivery project
Bill Gates has hailed Ghana for adopting drone technology to supply medical supplies to health facilities across the country.
The said project by Ghana has won the heart of the co-founder of Microsoft.
In a tweet sighted by YEN.com.gh, the business magnate commended Ghana and Zipline, the company responsible for the installation, operation and maintenance of the drones for implementing the innovative idea.
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He tweeted: “It’s amazing to think about the creative ways we’ve delivered vaccines over the years (even by dog sled, when necessary). Today, a startup called Zipline is even using delivery drones to reach the most remote parts of the world.”
Ghana last month, inaugurated the Omenako centre in the Eastern Region to serve as a point from where blood and other essential medicines and vaccines will be distributed by drones to hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
The $12 million initiative, known as ‘Fly to Save a Life Project’, will fly special purpose drones from the Omenako centre to distribute essential medical supplies to health facilities in the Eastern Region, parts of the Ashanti and Volta regions as well as the entire Afram Plains.
Source: Twitter
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Constructed and operated by the San Francisco-based drones manufacturer and logistics services provider, Zipline, the new service will make emergency delivery of 150 different vaccines, blood products and life-saving medications on demand.
Three more centres will be constructed at strategic locations in the country.
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Source: YEN.com.gh
