IIT Mandi, AIIMS Bilaspur collaborates for drone delivery of medicines

Built on 100 hectares of land at a cost of nearly Rs 1,500 crore, the hospital will eventually expand to become a 750 bedded hospital with 15-20 super specialty departments equipped with all modern facilities.

IIT Mandi, AIIMS Bilaspur collaborates for drone delivery of medicines

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bilaspur has collaborated with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi for delivery of medicine and collection of patient samples using drones. Built on 100 hectares of land at a cost of nearly Rs 1,500 crore, the hospital will eventually expand to become a 750 bedded hospital with 15-20 super specialty departments equipped with all modern facilities.

“AIIMS Bilaspur is in a remote location, so technology will play a big role. We are doing tele-consultation. We have a helipad, so we will be operating heli ambulances especially for accident and trauma centres. We have tied up with IIT Mandi for the use of drones for medicines or collection of samples and we will see how to expand on this further,” AIIMS director Dr Vir Singh Negi told India today.

He further added that, "the catchment is not limited to Himachal Pradesh, but also nearby Haryana and Punjab and will cater to a population of 1.5 crore to 2 crore people of the three states."

While the OPD has been thrown open to the people, the work is still going on as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to inaugurate the hospital next month. The hospital at present has 25 transport ventilators from the PM CARES fund. Any person coming for treatment will only have to pay INR 10 in registration charges for a lifetime and there are nominal charges for treatment.

AIIMS Bilaspur is set up with the objectives of correcting regional imbalances in the availability of affordable/reliable tertiary healthcare services and also to augment facilities for quality medical education in the country. To further enhance healthcare delivery, AIIMS Bilaspur is likely to widen the spectrum of services through the expansion of various super-specialty departments in subsequent phases to provide affordable health care.

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