Ghana eyes world record in medical drone service

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The drones have been flying test runs with blood and vaccines, but the project was officially inaugurated on Wednesday at the main drone base in Omenako, 70 kilometres north of Accra.

ACCRA - Ghana launched on Wednesday a fleet of airborne drones carrying medical supplies to remote areas, with President Nana Akufo-Addo declaring it would become the "world's largest drone delivery service".

"No one in Ghana should die because they can't access the medicine they need in an emergency," Akufo-Addo said as he launched the programme. Omenako is the first of four distribution centres, which when fully operational, will each have 30 drones serving 500 clinics within an 80-kilometre radius. — Iryna, Isaac & Duncan April 22, 2019 The company says the three other sites should be up and running by the end of 2019.

 

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Let be honest here shouldn't ghana invest in their money in other things that will improve the country and the live of their citizens than eying a world record shit that will benefit the occidental countries

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