Hungarian Post Office to launch mobile pharmacy service for OTC drugs
The Hungarian Post Office is planning to launch a mobile over-the-counter drug delivery service on October 1, a company spokesperson said on Monday.
The Post Office will deliver 50 of the most important OTC drugs to 946 villages with 350 vans, said Tamas Tomecsko. The activity will not be part of normal postal services, so no public procurement is needed to select the supplier of the drugs, he added.
Launching the new service will cost around HUF 20m because 350 vans must be equipped with refrigeration units, a requirement for drugs transport. Postal workers operating the vehicles will receive special training.
In an unrelated measure, government spokesperson Bernadett Budai said on Sunday that the government was planning to set up a mobile pharmacy service to operate in villages with no traditional pharmacies. The mobile pharmacies will offer over-the-counter and prescription medicines, but no highly controlled drugs.
