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ICMR i-DRONE -- Drones for Healthcare Access
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has shown that flying tuberculosis samples by drone can cut both the wait for a diagnosis and the cost to patients in hard-to-reach areas. In a Telangana pilot under its i-DRONE initiative, the median time to a TB diagnosis fell from 15 days to 5, and average patient spending dropped from about Rs 9,451 to roughly Rs 91.
Last updated 16 July 20263 min read
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New: an ICMR i-DRONE study in Telangana finds that flying TB samples by drone cut the median diagnosis time from 15 to 5 days and average patient cost from about Rs 9,451 to roughly Rs 91.
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