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An experimental project aims to speed up the delivery of organs for transplantation, blood samples, medicines, and medical devices.
The Cabinet of Ministers, in collaboration with the Institute of Heart of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, will implement a project under which organs for transplantation, blood samples, medicines, and medical devices necessary for transplantation will be delivered by drones. This will help doctors and patients save time.
The Ministry of Digital Transformation said that the Institute of Heart has three specialized drones capable of covering distances up to 700 km and landing on pads near hospitals without additional takeoff runways.
As Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation Natalia Denikeeva noted, thanks to the dual-use technology principle, these technologies can find new applications in civilian sectors. And instead of long hours on roads, organs for transplantation can reach the patient directly.
Health Minister Viktor Liashko reminded that 9 months into this year Ukrainian doctors have performed 473 organ transplants. Every tenth transplant is performed on a child. Therefore this initiative will help save more lives, as timing during transplantation is critically important.
“Delivery of donor organs by drones is a clear example of how bold technologies move from presentations to reality, solve practical tasks, and help healthcare workers save lives,” Liashko noted.
The Ministry of Health reminded that in the National Waiting List for transplantation there are 4 382 patients, among them 92 a child.
Earlier it was reported that a team of surgeons from Duke University, USA, successfully restored the function of a heart that had not beaten for more than five minutes and transplanted it into a three-month-old baby. Three months after the operation, the infant's heart function was normal with no signs of organ rejection.
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