SHAFAQNA – Saudi Arabia has inaugurated its first robot-operated ‘smart pharmacy’ at King Fahd Specialist Hospital in the presence of Prince Fahd bin Sultan, the Governor of Tabuk region.
It is hoped that the smart pharmacy — which can dispense 1,500 packages of medicine per hour, store over 20,000 packages of medicine, reject expired drugs, and deal with 240 prescriptions per hour — will save the time of patients and pharmacists, ensure better control of drug stocks, provide the highest safety standards, and reduce medication errors.
The pharmacy has six outlets, one of which is dedicated to serving disabled people.
Prince Fahd congratulated Tabuk Health Affairs, Ghurmallah bin Abdullah Al-Ghamdi, on this achievement, which he said would contribute to better health care services.
He stressed that serving citizens was the main objective and praised the role of young men and women in meeting the requirements of the future.