MIRI: Sarawak now has four drive-thru pharmacies, with the latest unit located at Miri Hospital.

According to Health Department Sarawak deputy director (pharmacy) Abu Hassan Alshaari Abdul Jabar, the drive-thru pharmacy service was introduced by the Pharmaceutical Services Division of Ministry of Health Malaysia (MoH) to resolve the problems encountered by patients during their medicine collection visits such as inadequate parking space, traffic congestion and long waiting time.