Transportation of harvested organs and emergency medical supplies via drones may soon be a reality in India. Immediate transportation of organs between hospitals will be possible without creating green corridors or special road routes. Union minister of state for aviation Jayant Sinha said “ We will begin registration from December 1 and then the required licenses will be issued from a month later to accord drones a legal status in India.
We are working on the next step of our recently announced drone policy where we are looking at allowing flying drones beyond the line of sight (enabling operators to fly drones without having them in sight) in certain areas.” He also stated “ Drone ports in hospitals can allow quick transportation of harvested organs to recipients under the Drone 2.0 policy or the next generation of our policy that was recently announced. The draft civil aviation…
