Greenland has launched a project this month that will see drones ferry medication and diagnostic samples between the capital city of Nuuk and small settlements. “There’s incredible potential here in this collaboration with the Greenlandic health service,” Nicolai Sondergaard Laugesen, development director and head of drone projects at Falck, said in a phone interview. “We look forward to gathering knowledge from the project, which can help strengthen health efforts between settlements and cities.”Speeding up diagnosis and treatmentDoctors in Greenland say the drones could play an important role in providing quicker access to the health care system and improved health outcomes. “It’s about how easily can it be integrated into the current health care system. There’s a lot you have to think about and the Greenland health service will decide if in the end what is best for them.

Source: CBC News June 20, 2022 20:26 UTC