Focus: Facility Design
Mobile acute services hospitals created as an independent pod-based system of drones
MASH system drones can hover above disaster zones. The “facility” would be assembled from a series of modular clinical and support pods that can be linked together to create an elevated station, according to an article on the Healthcare Design magazine website
Mobile acute services hospitals (MASH) have been created as an independent pod-based system of drones. MASH system drones can hover above disaster zones. The “facility” would be assembled from a series of modular clinical and support pods that can be linked together to create an elevated station, according to an article on the Healthcare Design magazine website.
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February 1, 2019
Topic Area:
Maintenance and Operations
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