GCC Wants 24-Hour Dispensaries

GCC councillors want patients to have unlimited access to medication PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
GCC councillors want patients to have unlimited access to medication PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Gaborone City Council (GCC) has taken a resolution in which it wants the Ministry of Health and Wellness to open a 24-hour medical dispensary at clinics that operate into the night.

City councillors’ concerns are that it does not serve a purpose for patients to consult at the clinics and only end up waiting for hours before they get their prescribed medication.

They also asked the GCC mayor and council secretary to write to the ministry urgently so that action is taken. They stated that patients are suffering at night at such health facilities since they do not get the full help they need.

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