Instead of visiting a polyclinic, select patients are now collecting their medicine at a 7-Eleven Singapore store.

Available at 34 outlets, the service is being offered to chronic disease patients under the National Healthcare Group’s (NHG) chain of nine polyclinics, which pack the drugs for delivery to lockers in the patient’s preferred store.

Patients receive a text message when their medicine has arrived, and access the lockers at any suitable time with a one-time code delivered to their mobile phones.

Medicine is packed in tamper-proof bags, and if not picked up within 48 hours is sent back to the polyclinic.

The 7-Eleven Singapore network is operated by Hong Kong-headquartered Dairy Farm International.