• D S Vohra.
• Research Scholar, Geomatics Division, Civil Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, India. ds_vohra@ce.iitr.ac.in.
• Ir J Med Sci. 2024 Aug 1; 193 (4): 169116951691-1695.

BackgroundQuadcopters are employed in diverse civil applications, ranging from monitoring airports and disaster management to serving as public address systems for announcing government directives, aiding in infrastructure monitoring for resilience, and facilitating real-time automobile detection, among others. Nevertheless, the utilization of quadcopters and hexacopters for delivering health assistance to remote and intriguing grounds has garnered comparatively less attention and research worldwide.AimThis paper presents the basics of quadcopter machinery in delivering medications and highlights its benefits for concerned patients who previously struggled to access life-saving medications due to challenging road infrastructure. The efficiency of quadcopters in terms of various parameters for delivering crucial medical supplies is significantly pronounced, particularly in the Almora District of Uttarakhand State, where many villages do not have roads to various villages.MethodsA comprehensive analysis of the road infrastructure in the mountainous terrain of the Himalayas in India was conducted to understand the situation of individuals who are denied of access to life-saving medications because of the lack of nearby roads.ResultsThe findings indicate that the widespread use of quad/hexacopters can offer a ray of optimism to people living in distant areas.ConclusionThe quadcopter can provide basic facilities of medicines by dropping them at their doorsteps in the remote places of Almora, not accessed by Uttarakhand, thereby providing hope of living to the people.© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland.

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