Metro Pacific Investments Corp. said mWell, its digital healthcare arm, introduced mWell OnTheGo drone delivery, the first in Southeast Asia. The first
Department of Information and Communications Secretary Ivan John Uy, Department of Health assistant secretary Ariel Valencia, mWell representatives led by business development head Tisha Quinitio, Philippines Flying Labs managing director Dr. Heidi Sampang and other government officials witness the launch of mWell OnTheGo drone delivery in Pilila Rizal.Metro Pacific Investments Corp. said mWell, its digital healthcare arm, introduced mWell OnTheGo drone delivery, the first in Southeast Asia.
“Through drones, we’re bridging the distance between patients and life-saving medicines. This isn’t simply a matter of convenience, but of getting help to every Filipino that needs it,” he said. “Through our partnership with the Department of Information and Communications Technology, we will be able to serve more areas and enhance patience outcomes,” said Revilla.
“We can proudly say that we are not being left behind by other countries. We have a medicine drone delivery service that can provide medicines to far flung areas in our country. Many of our countrymen will benefit from this service. We would like to thank our private partner, mWell for helping us make this happen,” said Uy.
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