China s medical firm uses drone to deliver biological samples
Xinhua
02 Jun 2021, 02:05 GMT+10
GUANGZHOU, June 1 (Xinhua) A multi-rotor drone carrying biological samples took off from a hospital in south China s megacity of Guangzhou on Monday to replace road transport for the testing delivery in Guangzhou KingMed Diagnostics Group Co., Ltd, a Chinese medical diagnostic testing company. With its highest speed of 50 km per hour, the drone spent ten minutes completing the delivery, far less than the 30 minutes it takes with a vehicle. Liu Weimin, manager of the logistics management center of KingMed Diagnostics, said that drones usually carry a weight of less than 5 kg, which is suitable for transporting biological samples.