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Uasin Gishu county, Israeli firm sign Sh427m drone labs deal

Uasin Gishu Governor Jonathan Bii (left) and ELSMED Chief Executive Officer Yaron Farachi during signing of the modern laboratory diagnostics deal on January 11, 2023. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

An Israeli company is injecting Sh427 million to set up a modern diagnostic technology that involves using drones to collect samples of patients in remote areas and delivering them to laboratories.

ELSMED Healthcare Solutions will roll out a turnkey diagnostic solution to detect disease-causing organisms at the point of care as well as a diabetes and hypertension treatment centre.

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