SupplyChain Magazine January 2017 | Page 24

SPECIAL REPORT
hospital . I need to be able to deliver all the medical and logistical items that are needed and I need to do it now .
I asked the construction logistician whether it would be possible to erect the Central Pharmacy in a day . He was leaving the project the day after tomorrow to set up an inflatable maternity ward in another neighbouring project . Luckily the material for a prefabricated container and the air-conditioner were just lying among all the other logistical items and he got straight to work setting it up . But unfortunately the Central Pharmacy wasn ’ t completed that day . The two of us woke up very early the next day and he showed me what needs to be done to finish this express project . Then he left for the airstrip .
The Central Pharmacy was finally set up with the help of some strong
24 January 2017