Patients at the Centre-run JIPMER here would now be monitored using drones.
The premier institute has procured a nano drone that could be used for various medical purposes including monitoring patients in ICUs'.
Director of JIPMER R P Swaminathan commissioned the service recently, a release from the institute said Thursday.
JIPMER is the first government medical institute to introduce the innovative and unique service, it said.
Head of the IT wing Dr Ravi Kumar Chittoria, who is in charge of medical drone service said, "adoption of medical drones are well established in European countries whereas in India, it is still in the preliminary stage."
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