Concept visualization
Healthcare logistics · British Columbia
Proposed on-demand drone delivery for rural and remote communities.
The problem
A prescription can be written locally.
Getting it filled can mean hours on the road — or finding someone else to make the trip.
The payload
Antibiotics, inhalers and other everyday prescriptions, delivered on demand.
Time-sensitive specimens carried back on the return flight.
Medication out. Samples back.
The run
The prescription is dispensed, labelled and sealed.
A long-range VTOL carries the package to a designated community site.
The package is removed, recorded and secured.
Locally.
Clinical decisions remain with physicians and pharmacists.
Pilot flights subject to route-specific aviation, healthcare and community approvals.
Operated locally
As the network grows, local training could extend into RPAS operations and aviation roles.
Precedent
Drone Transport Initiative · UBC Faculty of Medicine
flights completed
of survey respondents would like their community to participate in future drone projects
Phase I, Stellat’en First Nation and the Village of Fraser Lake, October 2021 – October 2022. Community survey n=31.
Partner
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British Columbia, Canada