Successful small scale pilot of a PDU™ at the Helen Joseph Hospital (Themba Lethu Clinic) of a single PDU™ installation. The pilot project demonstrated useful results and viability to be tested as a proof of concept on a larger scale
2015
Pharmacy Council regulations adapted to accommodate a new form of remote dispensing, later labelled as Virtual Pharmacy through means of PDU™ Robotics and Call Centre Support
2015
Securing funding for a large-scale proof of concept project, automating both In-Pharmacy (hospital pharmacy) and as well as out-of-pharmacy (ATM)
2016
Automation of the first public hospital pharmacy in South Africa through means of Robotics (x5 Dispensing Robots) and pharmacy automation software
2016
Envisioning the AVA Sachet Dispensing Robot solution
2016
Automation of the second only public hospital pharmacy in South Africa through means of Robotics (x4 Dispensing Robots) and pharmacy automation software. This project would later proof that it is possible to scale pharmacy delivery in a busy large public facility with an 50% increase without adding more staff, retaining and improving service delivery
2016
Envisioning the Collect&go smart electronic locker solution with Mobile App support
2017
Go live of the first PDU™ site with x4 PDUs at Alexandra Plaza shopping centre
2017
Completing the development of a working prototype of the AVA Sachet Dispensing Robot
2018
Successful installation of the first CDU in Zambia, designed to dispense and distribute 1.2m patient parcels per annum
2018
Introduction of the AMP bulk-to-sachet pre-packing Robotics
2019
Launching the Collect&go smart locker local manufacturing operations at a factory in Johannesburg. The first order to facilitate patients medicine collection at x64 parcel collections sites of the CCMDD programme, spanning both government sites and private sites
In 2011, the City of Johannesburg Health Department piloted the supply of chronic medication to old age homes, retirement villages and the elderly day care centre...
The Steve Biko Academic Hospital is a purely tertiary healthcare institution, rendering specialized and highly specialized services to patients who have been medically referred by their...
Helen Joseph Hospital is a government public hospital with the sole key responsibility of providing tertiary health care services to the community of Gauteng.
Alexandra, is a township in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It forms part of the city of Johannesburg and is located near the upper-class suburb...
