{"id":126,"date":"2019-04-04T13:00:33","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T13:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/?p=126"},"modified":"2019-04-04T13:00:33","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T13:00:33","slug":"drones-to-start-delivering-medical-supplies-in-3-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/drones-to-start-delivering-medical-supplies-in-3-weeks","title":{"rendered":"Drones to start delivering medical supplies in 3 weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The use of drones for the distribution of essential medicines in Ghana is set to begin in the next three weeks, Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a Town Hall Meeting in Accra on Wednesday, Dr Bawumia said the distribution centre at Suhum is ready for the commencement of the project.<\/p>\n<p>He said it would be scaled up with another distribution centre in another part of the country later on.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In three week\u2019s time or less, we will see medical deliveries by drones in Ghana of critical medicines,\u201d Dr Bawumia said.<\/p>\n<p>Parliament in December 2018 approved the drones for medical supplies project.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is spearheading its introduction to help deliver blood and other essential medicines especially to remote areas in the country.<\/p>\n<p>A similar project, which is already ongoing in Rwanda is said to be doing well hence Ghana&#8217;s decision to also adopt the system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The use of drones for the distribution of essential medicines in Ghana is set to begin in the next three weeks, Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said. 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