Concept visualisation
Healthcare logistics · British Columbia
Developing on-demand drone delivery for rural and remote First Nation communities.
The problem
When the pharmacy is hours away, driving for miles, expensive gas, or finding a ride stands between you and your health.
MILKRUN flies prescriptions directly to your community.
The payload
Antibiotics, inhalers and other everyday prescriptions.
Bring time-sensitive specimens back on the return flight.
Medication out. Samples back.
Controlled substances, blood products and refrigerated biologics are not part of the first pilot.
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.
MILKRUN moves sealed packages. Clinicians and pharmacists keep the clinical decisions.
Operated locally
As the network grows, local training could extend into RPAS operations and aviation roles.
A paid community operator could
Drone Transport Initiative — UBC Faculty of Medicine
drone flights completed.
of surveyed community members said drone transport could improve access to health care.
Medications flown under a Transport Canada dangerous-goods approval.
Beyond-visual-line-of-sight approval granted by Transport Canada.
The Drone Transport Initiative tested drone-enabled healthcare delivery in northern British Columbia, working with remote communities to move medical supplies and support healthcare logistics.
Phase I, Stellat’en First Nation and the Village of Fraser Lake, October 2021 – October 2022. Survey figure from 31 community respondents.
Partner
MILKRUN is looking for partners across
Pilot-stage project · British Columbia, Canada