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In two regions of Ukraine, medicines under the program "Available Medicines" are already being delivered by drones. In this way, patients have received 60 thousand packages of drugs.
As reported by Delo.ua,
he announced the head
of the National Health Committee, Mykhailo Radutskyi.
He did not name the regions where the service operates, but noted that such delivery is needed primarily for remote villages and front-line communities where pharmacies may be absent or ordinary delivery is hindered.
How the delivery works
The step-by-step process of unmanned delivery of medicines is built as follows:
a family doctor issues an electronic prescription to the patient;
a nurse transmits the prescription number to the pharmacist;
the pharmacist fills the prescription at the pharmacy;
the operator places the medicine in a disposable box labeled with the patient's surname;
a drone delivers the box to the nearest outpatient clinic or primary health care center (PHCC).
"Physical accessibility of medicines is especially important for remote villages and front-line communities where pharmacies may be absent, and ordinary delivery is complicated or dangerous," Radutskyi noted.
He also reported that the Ukrainian Postal Service delivers medicines to 26 thousand settlements, but "traditional logistics have
limitations, including for delivering to remote villages." },
As a reminder, the reimbursement program "Available Medicines" was expanded to 260 drug names for treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Of these, 173 will be dispensed for free, and 87 with partial co-payment.
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