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The ZocDoc will see you now…

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In Boston, the average patient must wait 66 days to receive a simple physical exam. The growing demand for services in the setting of worsening physician shortages has created great difficulty in scheduling care. One man discovered this the hard way after a sudden injury, but is his solution the start of something even bigger?

Drones to the rescue!

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Imagine you’re a doctor in a rural village in Rwanda hoping to perform a blood transfusion for a pregnant woman in critical condition in order to save her life; however, you do not have the blood supply that would be necessary for you to properly treat your patient. The nearest hospital is several hours away by car, but you are certain that your patient would not survive more than a couple hours without the transfusion. What should you do?

Just ask a nurse to text Zipline for a blood delivery by drone!