are located inside pharmacies and operate according to the hours of the pharmacy. This means Medshield members have access to qualified healthcare providers after hours and, notably, over weekends.and will contact a GP if required through the use of VideoMed technology.
Qualified nurses have undertaken roughly 58% of general examination consultations, meaning patients are adequately treated. These consultation included prophylactic preventive measures, contraceptive management and the self-management of over-the-counter medicine. More than 43% of the WhatsApp Doc consultations were about Covid-19 advice; only 7% were not related to Covid-19.
The challenges include travel costs, loss of income due to lost work hours, language barriers, gaps in the quality of care, or a lack of access to the latest technology in rural areas.
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