Postage-paid remedy eases queues for medicine


Johor government has allocated RM170,000 this year for the Locker4U initiative that allows patients to collect their medicine while shopping at malls. — Photos: THOMAS YONG/The Star

PATIENTS at public hospitals and government clinics in Johor have been receiving their medication through the postal service free of charge the past six months.

The patients registered under the Ubat Melalui Pos (UMP) programme, introduced in 2011, were previously paying RM6 for medication delivery via PosLaju.

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