Phuket health office launches project to provide free state-paid medications at local pharmacies

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Phuket health office launches project to provide free state-paid medications at local pharmacies

By The Phuket News

 

Patients registered with the project no longer need to wait at hospitals to receive their state-paid medications. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Health Office (PPHO) has announced that patients suffering from certain illnesses and conditions can now collect their state-paid medications from approved pharmacies across the island instead of having to wait at their local hospital.

 

The move is part of a nationwide project launched on Oct 1, and helps to reduce waiting times and congestion at the island’s three main government hospitals, PPHO Chief Dr Thanit Sermkaew announced at a press conference held at Vachira Phuket Hospital earlier this week.

 

Present at the press conference were Vachira Phuket Hospital Director Dr Chalermpong Sukontapol and Phuket Community Pharmacist Club President Kiatisak Panrangsri.

Read more at https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-health-office-launches-project-to-provide-free-state-paid-medications-at-local-pharmacies-73554.php#MJ6crY24jbd2WFpS.99 

 

 

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