SaveMed

by Shankar S


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Save Lives, Save Environment!!Why SaveMed?SaveMed is trying to combine and address the twin challenges of inequitable access to medications and environmental damage due to improper disposal of unused medications by leveraging location-based services technology, in the form of the mobile app.How SaveMed works?SaveMed app in your mobile conveniently provides a list of collection hub centers in the neighborhood based on location, where contributors can donate medicines that meet published acceptance criteria. SaveMed with the help of qualified health professionals triages the contributions. Qualified contributions are distributed to beneficiaries who are very much in need but unable to afford or access medicines. Medications that cannot be repurposed are taken through a proper disposal process. Please go ahead and do your part- download the app and make that contribution that helps save lives and our environment, at the same time! What can be better?How to use SaveMed?Do’s* Pack the medicines in clean packs* Bottles in sealed condition* Tablets with name visible should be in sealed packets* Sealed injectables only* Sealed Ointments/cream onlyDon’ts* Any kind of opioids. Opioids are very specific analgesics that have addictive properties. It cannot and should not be given away without Doctors supervision. Examples are Morphine, Pethidine, Fentanyl, All Chemotherapy Medications.* Broken bottles, unsealed vials* Donate reconstituted syrups* No vaccines, opiates