Zipline drone saves Mangoase students from acute diarrhoea

The timely delivery of Oral Rehydration Salt (ORS) by Zipline medical drone enabled nurses at the Mangoase health centre to treat 113 students of Mangoase Senior High School who were suffering from acute diarrhoea.

Mr Seth Tawiah Agbesi, the Headmaster of Mangoase SHS, told journalists at Mangoase that the students suffered diarrhoea on Sunday, June 23, after eating groundnut soup and rice.

The Headmaster said the school did not have a bus to readily convey the affected students to hospital, therefore the  school authorities informed the health facility, who subsequently contacted Zipline Drone Centre at Omenako to supply it with ORS since there wasn't enough at the time.

Mr Agbesi said within 20 minutes Zipline drone dispatched five boxes of ORS, each box containing five packs bringing the number to 125, which was administered to the affected students.

The Headmaster lauded government and operators of Zipline Technology for establishing the centre, saying; "I was very very happy. Really, we have benefited. Initially, I thought it was for big hospitals; I didn't know it was for those of us in the rural areas."

Mr Justice Siaw, a teacher at the School, who assisted the nurses to receive and administer the medication, told the media that, some affected students visited the toilet about six times and were very weak and pale.

He said the school authorities were extremely worried but the timely arrival of the medical supplies brought a lot of relief to them.