Alex gets Africa's first ATM pharmacy
The Gauteng Department of Health
together with Right to Care launched Africa's first ATM pharmacy in Wynberg on
Thursday morning.
The pharmacy is an ATM-like innovation using electronic, robotic and cloud-based technology to capture, select, dispense, label and directly convey prescribed medication to patients.
The Gauteng MEC of Health Gwen Ramokgopa says the pharmacy will help reduce congestion in public health facilities.
"Already in Gauteng we have over 400 000 patients that are receiving their pharmaceutical medicines offsite as part of decongesting our facilities.
"This technology will assist in reaching more services to our patients, without compromising safety."
The ATM pharmacy in Wynberg will be open seven days a week.
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#ATMpharmacy Ramokgopa earlier explaining the process in which patients will go through when collecting medication. pic.twitter.com/F3AriBaCCz
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