BELINDA STRYDOM, PHARMACY MANAGER: AUTOMATION, RIGHT EPHARMACY

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There’s great news for patients on chronic medication who live in and around Joburg and Bloemfontein. You can now collect your monthly medicines in about three minutes from extremely advanced ‘ATM pharmacies’ set up by Right ePharmacy at busy locations close to where you live and work.

The pharmacy dispending units (PDUs) are chronic medicine collection points which dispense medication quickly and accurately so patients who are part of the public service don’t have to wait in long queues at their local clinic every month when collecting repeat medication.
21 May 2019 12PM English South Africa Business News · Investing

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