The Indian Council of Medical Research ICMR has released guidelines for the usage of drones in the healthcare industry. The drones shall be used to fare medical supplies to remote areas of the countries. These guidelines were developed after the body successfully used drones to deliver vaccines to the northeastern states of Manipur and Nagaland.
The guidance document mentions the equipment such as Covid-19 vaccines and serums that require temperature between 2AoC and 8AoC,different kinds of tablets and capsules, syrups in bottles, gloves, syringes, blood bags, diagnostic biological tissues, urine, blood, sputum, saliva or frozen specimens can only be transported by drone.