Amid the Post Office's dire operational and financial circumstances,that it would be handling and distributing chronic medication. This service, which allows patients who would ordinarily get their medication from government clinics to collect from the Post Office, is now offered at 342 branches across the country, except the Western Cape.
This arrangement was concluded between the SAPO and provincial departments of health, which would explain why branches in the Western Cape have been excluded. "Medicines are not a normal commodity of trade, as the storage and distribution require very stringent control requirements, such as the maintenance of the cold chain to ensure product stability and safety," Ivan Kotzé, executive director of the Pharmaceutical Society of South Africa , told Business Insider SA.
“We are yet to establish the nature of the arrangement between the Department of Health and the South African Post Office and the details in relation to the handling, storage, and dispensing of the medicines,” Vincent Tlala, Registrar and CEO of the SAPC, told Business Insider SA. These concerns are shared by the PSSA, with Kotzé pointing to consultations with both SAHPRA, as the regulator responsible for the control and possession of medicines and scheduled substances, and the SAPC, as the regulator of the pharmacy profession responsible for control requirements, being important to understanding the Post Office's new collection service.
BISouthAfrica Good luck with that still waiting for a parcel from 2018
BISouthAfrica How would patients report any new symptoms or adverse drug reactions? What about the cold chain and temperature controls for meds? The same SAPO struggled to pay out R350 grants. Pls pls pls let us consider rural post offices without stable electricity or network coverage.
BISouthAfrica Has this not been happening since CCMDD was initiated?
BISouthAfrica What a JOKE.... SAPO and MEDICATION. Who's Idea was this... How many people/ officials had to agree to this. And WHO ARE THEY?
BISouthAfrica They won't be able to provide cold storage to medication that needs it. This is going to kill people. It should be stopped.
BISouthAfrica They can't even do mail right now the hell they supposedly going to get people their life saving medication to them without delay? Great power at negotiating table when they are on strike! Resipe for desaster!
BISouthAfrica They are ryt cause most post office branch they don't have security n fence like example mulima post office no security no fence so everything is not safe
BISouthAfrica 😂😂😂😂Ludicrous idea. Those people can't even leave your parcels alone and now you want to trust them with drugs. lololololololololol
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