Kagawa University and Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance, Kamomeya, an industrial drone, will drive a drone between Suda Port in Takuma-cho, Mitoyo City, Kagawa Prefecture and Awashima, a remote island in the Seto Inland Sea 2020 km offshore, for three days from July 7, 28. Conduct delivery experiments on used prescription drugs.Kagawa University wants to build a full-scale drug delivery model and enhance telemedicine for remote islands, in addition to the remote medication guidance that has been lifted as a special measure.
According to Kagawa University, after connecting the National Health Insurance Clinic in Awashima and the general hospital on the main island of Shikoku online for remote medical treatment, doctors' prescription drugs will be delivered by drone.In addition, we will experiment with food delivery with the aim of building a delivery model for disaster relief supplies.
Kamomeya will operate the newly developed unmanned mobile vehicle operation comprehensive support system locally and deploy a high-quality drone remote control system in the experimental area.Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co., Ltd. aims to contribute to solving regional issues by promoting risk countermeasures in demonstration experiments.
Awashima is a remote island with an area of 15 square kilometers and a circumference of 3.7 kilometers, located 16 minutes by high-speed boat from Suda Port, and is home to 217 people.The National Health Insurance Clinic provides medical care twice a week, but after the government's declaration of emergency due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, the government has been refraining from traveling to remote islands and has been unable to receive sufficient medical services. rice field.
In the event of a large-scale disaster, passenger ships will be suspended and logistics will stop, so there remains the issue of needing to secure medicines and foodstuffs that are indispensable for the lives of islanders.
