Pharmacists and Go-Jek Drivers Deliver Medicines to Homes

The general hospital in Banyuwangi has established a partnership with online-based ojek service to deliver medicines to poor people’s.

Kompas/Angger Putranto

A hospital pharmacist prepares to deliver medicines to patients’ homes by motorbike on Saturday (21/10) in Banyuwangi, East Java. Blambangan Regional General Hospital has implemented its Gancang Aron program as a solution to mitigate long patient queues at hospital pharmacies.

As a heated debate on application-based public transportation rages on in many cities, the general hospital in Banyuwangi, East Java, has established a partnership with online-based ojek (motorcycle taxi) service to deliver medicines to poor people’s homes.

The home delivery of medicines by online ojek is an expansion of Banyuwangi regency’s innovative Gancang Aron program. Gancang Aron in the Banyuwangi Osing dialect means “get well soon”.