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Dave K

1 reviews | Active since Jul 2017

11 Sept 2021, 21:14

Bonitas forcing use of useless Pharmacy Direct

My chronic PMB medications should have been sent to me on the 27th August. I have not received any medications to date. I have life threatening conditions of Insulin dependent diabetes and Heart problems. I have phoned Pharmacy direct and Bonitas to get my medications sent and they still have not been sent. I have had to borrow medication and now despite my calls to pharmacy direct and Bonitas on 3 occasions I still haven't received any medication.

Bonitas is endangering my life by forcing me to acquire my medication from the totally *********** Pharmacy Direct which has delivered my medications late on quite a few occasions. If I procure my medicines locally at my Clicks pharmacy I never have any problems. This I did without ANY problems for MANY years before I joined Bonitas. It is completely unacceptable that Bonitas is forcing me into this life threatening situation. My medication that I have borrowed needs to be returned and I am now completely without Insulin and other vital medicines. Do I need to book myself into hospital with a blood sugar of 35 mmol because of no Insulin in order to acquire medication? I am a pensioner on a tiny pension and already have to pay out of my meager pension to pay for meds that Bonitas refuse to pay for. I cannot afford to go to the pharmacy and purchase my undelivered monthly meds because of Pharmacy Direct not delivering the said medicines.

I have declared a dispute with Bonitas now.

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Replies (2)
Bonitas Medical Fund
Bonitas Medical Fund's reply12 Sept 2021, 22:06
Official
Hello Dave K
 Thank you for notifying us of your complaint. We are so sorry to hear about this, we are glad that you brought this to our attention to resolve. We will investigate this matter. Kindly note that our operating hours are between 8:00AM to 5:00PM Monday to Friday excluding public holidays.  We appreciate your patience while we are resolving this query for you. 
  Kind regards
    
  The Bonitas Team
DK
Dave K's update13 Sept 2021, 16:35
Reviewer Update
Please do not send generic reply and procrastinate. In the mean time I am still without my medications for my life threatening PMB conditions. They are now 3 weeks overdue. This is shameful.

Bonitas should have followed this up and made sure I got my medications when I contacted them mid last week after receiving no joy from Pharmacy Direct. I have just had a phone call from FEDX to tell me that they will deliver my medications at 9.30 tonight.

Why has my dispute not been acknowledged and attended to? Pharmacy Direct is the WORST pharmacy that I have ever dealt with and I cannot understand why Bonitas is sullying their name by forcing people to exclusively use Pharmacy direct when there are far more efficient alternatives such as Clicks pharmacy etc. The fact that Pharmacy Direct has an average rating of 1.6 over 602 reviews and a net promoter score of -46 on hellopeter speaks for itself!