Government clinic patients can now collect their chronic medication from their local post office. File photo.The health department has defended its decision to use the SA Post Office to distribute chronic medication for government clinic patients.
Sapo announced the initiative earlier this month in an effort to help government clinic patients receive their chronic medication.While the initiative was welcomed by many, the Pharmaceutical Society of SA raised concerns about the handling and safekeeping of medication., society president Joggie Hattingh said Sapo was not the correct facility to distribute medicine.
Hattingh questioned Sapo’s claims of having trained staff to handle the distribution of medicine, saying the only trained staff that may handle medicine would be those registered with the SA Pharmacy Council.Speaking on eNCA, department spokesperson Foster Mohale said the initiative was to reduce the time patients spend travelling to clinics and waiting in queues for their medicine.
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