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‘Gold card’ pharmacy scheme helps patients avoid hospital

Customers buy medicine at a pharmacy in Bangkok. (Photo: Nutthawat Wicheanbut)

The Health Systems Research Institute (HSRI) is satisfied with the first-year implementation of the Extra Plus project, which allows members of the gold card universal healthcare scheme to receive medicine at pharmacies near their home for free.

Dr Supakit Sirilak, director of HSRI, said the idea was based on an attempt to bring the public health care system closer to people.

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