Zipline, the drone delivery system keeps ascending to new levels and according to CNBC, Zipline has orchestrated over 5000 successful drone missions in the country at this point, resulting in 7000 units of lifesaving blood being aerially delivered to Rwandan hospitals in need of plasma and platelets, and the company’s work has led it to the ‘most important delivery breakthrough since Amazon Prime’.
The UAVs have become a lifesaver of the Rwanda. Blood is “expensive, lifesaving bit doesn’t last very long,” explained Zipline co-founder and CEO, Keller Rinaudo. “So traditional supply chains do a very poor job of distributing it, and using drones, we can deliver blood 10 times as quickly as cars, on demand,” adds Rinaudo.
“By virtue of being the only company doing this, we’re also learning faster, everything about the service we provide is improving on a monthly basis, and instant delivery will enable us to achieve 100% access to health care for every human on the planet,” said Rinaudo.
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