{"id":268123,"date":"2025-08-02T02:38:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T21:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=268123"},"modified":"2025-08-02T02:38:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T21:08:18","slug":"drones-can-transform-healthcare-in-remote-areas-wahge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2025\/08\/02\/drones-can-transform-healthcare-in-remote-areas-wahge\/","title":{"rendered":"Drones can transform healthcare in remote areas: Wahge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, 1 Aug:<\/strong> Health and Family Welfare Minister Biyuram Wahge on Friday said that drone technology holds immense potential to revolutionise healthcare delivery in the state&#8217;s remote and hilly regions, where timely access to medical aid remains a major challenge.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After attending the sixth International Drone Expo at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi during the day, Wahge said he was &#8220;truly inspired by how technology is opening new paths for better healthcare.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Drones can play a major role in delivering medicines, vaccines, and blood samples quickly &#8211; especially in remote and hilly areas. They can also be very helpful during emergencies when every second counts,&#8221; the minister said in a social media post.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He highlighted that Arunachal Pradesh is already taking steps in this direction, with Tech Eagle and Redwing, two drone service providers, currently supporting the government&#8217;s health outreach in difficult-to-reach locations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The future looks promising with tech-driven solutions,&#8221; Wahge added, stressing the state&#8217;s commitment to leverage innovation to bridge healthcare gaps and improve service delivery in underserved areas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The expo showcased a wide array of drone innovations. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, 1 Aug: Health and Family Welfare Minister Biyuram Wahge on Friday said that drone technology holds immense potential to revolutionise healthcare delivery in the state&#8217;s remote and hilly regions, where timely access to medical aid remains a major challenge. After attending the sixth International Drone Expo at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi during the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-268123","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268123\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}