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