The Pharmacy Department is one of the hospital's primary departments, providing all medications to inpatients. It is divided into:
1. The Central Pharmacy: This department stocks all medications for various medical specialties, along with serums and intravenous fluids of all kinds, including intravenous nutrition supplies. During regular business hours, it dispenses medications listed on the patient's medication record for 24 hours.
2. The On-Call Pharmacy: This department stocks all emergency medications and medications needed by the patient for any reason outside of regular business hours.
3. The Pharmacy Warehouse: This department secures the hospital's needs for several months and delivers supplies for surgeries, endoscopies, x-rays, and cardiac catheterization.
Notes:
- Patient records are issued after calculating all medications taken by the patient during their hospital stay. The study patient pays only 15% of the medication cost, with the exception of expensive medications.
- In the event of a patient's death or medication discontinuation, the discontinuation is documented in the patient's record and the nursing record, and the nurse returns the medication to the pharmacy in a systematic manner.
Kidney transplant medications are dispensed through the kidney clinic to patients who have undergone transplantation at the hospital. These medications are provided free of charge, a courtesy of the President, as follows:
1. The patient personally receives their medications during the first six months after the transplant to verify their identity.
- After the first six months:
o For nearby governorates where travel costs are affordable, the patient must come in person to receive their medications.
o For distant governorates where travel costs are high and constitute a financial burden, requiring the patient to travel to Damascus by plane, or if the patient's health condition prevents them from attending in person, the medication may be dispensed every four months with the administration's approval, as follows:
§ Their legal representative must be present on their behalf, accompanied by a duly executed power of attorney.
§ A recent civil registration copy for the patient.
§ A document from the mayor of the neighborhood where they reside, stating that they are still alive.
§ A prescription or medical report indicating that the patient has consulted a specialist in their area, who assessed their health condition and increased or decreased the medication as appropriate.
2. Deliver the medication to the patient directly when they submit their file to the pharmacy.
3. Collect the file at the pharmacy, keep it, and return it to the kidney transplant clinic at the end of the day, in accordance with the regulations. Do not deliver it to the patient.
Doctors in the department