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WakeMed Drones

WUNC | By Jason deBruyn

Published February 28, 2020 at 11:08 AM EST

Spot originally broadcast March 27, 2019. Posted here for the PMJA Award Contest.

WakeMed Hospital in Raleigh will transport medical samples by drone. Jason deBruyn reports its the first hospital in the nation to use drones in this way.

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Jason deBruyn

Jason deBruyn is WUNC's Supervising Editor for Digital News, a position he took in 2024. He has been in the WUNC newsroom since 2016 as a reporter.

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