#DeliveringMedicationToRuralAmericans: More than two years ago,as part of a study to demonstrate that such flights are safe, a group of research and health organisations flew the first drone approved by the Federal Aviation Administrationto deliver medication.
FAA regulations currently prevent operators from flying drones out of their line of sight, but organisations hope that restrictions will soon be lifted so that they can create a regular service to bring medications for asthma, blood pressure, diabetes and other conditions to residents in isolated pockets of Appalachia[a mountainous region in the US]
#SendingBloodToSurgeonsInRemoteRegions: In 2016 the California based company Zipline started flying commercial drones. from its distribution centre in Muhanga,Rwanda, to nearly two dozen hospitals in the country, carrying packets of human blood to be used for transfusion in surgeries and complicated child births.
