I pay medical aid monthly so that I do not have to pay when I am sick. However, the doctor and/or pharmacist asks me to pay a levy when I visit. Sometimes I have to contribute for lab tests. Why doesn’t the medical aid cover for all costs, especially chronic medicines?
It’s a Sunday and I am working at a Medical Center in East London (EL). A married couple brings in their child (an infant) and they come all the way from Peddie. I was very curious, why did they drive all the way? They drove past many pharmacies to get here. Peddie is a town…
Then there are these prescriptions that pharmacists must dispense ???? The prescriber is usually the grandmother or the mother and they insist on having everything on the list. What is the problem? 1. Calpol = Panado = Painamol = Painblok = Actamol = Napamol The name keeps changing because the product is branded different but the #Active_Ingredient (Paracetamol)…