Vice President, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia has disclosed that Ghana has the largest medical drone delivery in the world.
Dr Bawumia made this revelation on Tuesday whiles delivering a public lecture at the Ashesi University on Ghana’s digital economy.
The lecture was on the theme “Transforming an Economy through Digitalization – The Ghana story.”
According to him, these medical drone centres in the country are “100% manned by young talented Ghanaians.”
He further stated that the use of medical drones in the country has helped in saving many lives.
According to him, since Ghana and Rwanda took the lead in the use of medical drones, “the US government has only recently contracted Zipline to also start the delivery of medical supplies by drones in the United States.”
Dr Bawumia also revealed that Zipline, the automated on-demand delivery service for medical supplies, will begin supplying medicines to people at home.
According to him, some hospitals and clinics in remote and rural communities, prior to the introduction of Zipline, had a difficult time getting medical supplies especially in times of emergencies, some persons including invalids also have challenges accessing medications on time.
Thus, “Zipline is also set to begin the delivery of medicines to homes for bedridden patients who may be unable to leave home or to homes that may be cut-off by floods for example or in emergencies,” Dr Bawumia said during a public lecture on Ghana’s digital economy on Tuesday.
He stated that this delivery service by Zipline is set to kick off by the end of the year, 2021, adding that home delivery by drones of medical supplies will be the first in the world.
