ACME INDIA MEDICAL DRONES A Startup to Deliver Critical Medical Supplies by Drones A Chennai startup that operates a platform for hospitals and healthcare centers transporting organs for critical surgeries in time and also to procure pharmaceutical products plans to conduct a pilot for delivering critical medical supplies by drones. High-Flying Ambitions The deliveries will be done within a range of 85 kilometers from the centers and could cut down the delivery time of critical supplies to hospitals to just 30 minutes. We are going to apply for approval from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation and the pilot is expected to begin by the mid of this year. “The pilot would allow us to examine our operations and delivery on certain critical parameters including the order fulfillment timelines, error rates of flight operations and efficiency of the cold chain,” Our AIM-Drones will deliver everything from critical human organs, blood bags, vaccines, antibiotics and insulin to lightweight items like stents, implants, masks, gloves and PPEs using the service. The unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted that existing su