GREY’S HOSPITAL PHARMACY

DEPARTMENT

INTRODUCTION

National Pharmacy Week provided the Grey’s Hospital Pharmacy staff with an excellent opportunity to communicate with patients and health care professionals about the vital patient care role of pharmacists.

This year’s theme of ‘ PHARMACY IN THE COMMUNITY – A SUPPORTIVE PARTNERSHIP’ has inspired the Pharmacy Department at Grey’s Hospital to participate in National Pharmacy Week.

ACTIVITIES

MONDAY Dermatology Clinic Boom Street Clinic

TUESDAYPaediatric ClinicNichols Pre-PrimarySchool

WEDNESDAYDiabetic ClinicQoqisizwe High School

THURSDAYForest Hill Primary SchoolCDC Clinic

FRIDAYVictoria Memorial Old Age Home

SATURDAYEkujabuleni Children’s Home

OUTPATIENTS DEPARTMENT

Zinhle Dambuza educates a patient on a healthy lifestyle at one of the information desks.

OUTPATIENTS DEPARTMENT

A pledge made to support HIV & AIDS by a staff member and patients

CLINIC VISITS

Lorraine Moodleyeducated patients on different skin conditions.

DERMATOLOGY

BOOM STREET CLINIC

A PHC was visited in support of child immunisation. Cold Chain management was discussed with the nursing staff.

PAEDIATRIC CLINIC

Rishana Singh presented a talk on asthma to parents and children attending the POPD.

DIABETES CLINIC

The topics covered for diabetes

ARV CLINIC

Grey’s Hospital Pharmacy staff supports Women’s Health

SCHOOL VISITS

NICHOLS PRE-PRIMARY SCHOOL

Pupils were treated to fruit and yoghurt, after a talk on Healthy Lifestyle, Dental Care and the do’s and don'ts of taking medication

FOREST HILL PRIMARY SCHOOL

Do you know CPR?

Pupils at the Forest HillPrimary were educatedon CPR and sunburns

QOQISIZWE HIGH SCHOOL

With the decline in the number of Pharmacists in South Africa, Atheshnee Pillay raised awareness about Pharmacy as a career to pupils of QoqisizweHigh.

OLD AGE HOME VISIT

VICTORIA MEMORIAL

The Pharmacy staff treated our senior citizens to a tea party after a talk on compliance, polypharmacy and osteoporosis

CHILDREN’S HOME VISIT

FUNDRAISING

Cake and chocolate sales

EKUJABULENI CHILDRENS HOME

After fundraising the staff purchased food hampers, hosted a party and spent quality time with the children

CONCLUSIONPharmacy Week was a great success in conveying the key message of ‘PHARMACY IN THE COMMUNITY –A SUPPORTIVE PARTNERSHIP’.

We relayed the key messages of this year’s Pharmacy Week provided by the South African Pharmacy Council. This was achieved through the activities conducted and information material displayed for our patients.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We would like to thank Grey’s Hospital staff, sponsors, representatives from pharmaceutical companies, District Office, DoH, schools and patients for making this a successful event