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Watch: At this hospital, drones are the new medical couriers

  • Dominic Smith

By Dominic Smith June 25, 2019

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RALEIGH, N.C. — At a sprawling hospital campus here, drones are becoming the new medical couriers.

Blood and urine samples are ferried through the air to a central pathology lab, partly replacing the costly courier routes on the ground.

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