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AI front desk for pharmacies · South Africa

The counter clears.
The phone stops ringing.

MetaSolves gives your pharmacy an AI desk that answers stock and availability questions instantly, sends repeat-script reminders on its own, and takes the routine phone load off your staff — hosted in Johannesburg, POPIA-compliant, working day and night.

Hosted in Johannesburg POPIA-compliant Never dispenses or advises
Vultr Johannesburg · 10–30 ms latency POPIA-compliant by design Patient data stays in South Africa Private deployment · full audit logs

Built for pharmacies & dispensaries like

Medirite SandtonKhumalo Pharmacy Botha DispensaryNaidoo ChemistsCape Health Pharmacy
01 · What changes

Your pharmacy stops running on whoever can reach the phone.

The dispensary is the real work; the front desk is one or two people answering the same questions all day. MetaSolves makes the front of the pharmacy a system — so stock questions, opening hours and repeat reminders never wait on a free pair of hands.

Today

  • "Do you have this in stock?" — asked dozens of times a day, in person and by phone.
  • Repeat-script patients only remember once they've run out.
  • The phone pulls staff off the counter, and the queue grows.
  • Supplier and stock admin gets done after hours, if at all.

With MetaSolves

  • Stock and availability answered instantly, against today's shelf.
  • Repeat-script reminders go out on schedule, automatically.
  • Routine phone load handled, so staff stay on dispensing and care.
  • Low stock flagged and supplier admin teed up for the pharmacist.
02 · The desk

Four roles. One AI front desk.

Not a chatbot — a front-of-pharmacy team, each role lifting one concrete drain off your staff. None of them ever dispense or advise.

// 01
The Counter
Enquiries & hours

Answers the everyday questions — opening hours, directions, what you offer — instantly, in person, on the phone or on WhatsApp, so the queue keeps moving.

// 02
The Script Desk
Repeat-script handling

Takes repeat-prescription requests, captures the details and routes them to the pharmacist to fill — never dispensing, only organising the admin around it.

// 03
The Reminder
Refill follow-ups

Reminds chronic-med patients before they run out and nudges collections that are ready — quietly bringing patients back without anyone chasing them.

// 04
The Stock Line
Stock & suppliers

Answers "do you have it?" against live stock, flags what's running low and preps the supplier order for the pharmacist to confirm.

03 · How it works

Live in days — nothing to rip out.

It sits on top of the channels and systems you already run. No migration, no months of setup, no new till to learn.

1

Connect your channels

WhatsApp, the shop phone and your website route through the AI desk. Patients just notice the speed.

2

Wire it to your stock

We connect your stock and dispensing system so it always answers with today's price and availability — and we set its boundaries with you.

3

It goes to work

It answers enquiries, sends reminders and flags stock. The pharmacist stays in control of everything clinical.

04 · The numbers

What it changes, in numbers.

90%
of stock & availability questions answered without a staff member
100%
of repeat-script reminders sent on schedule, automatically
−40%
routine phone & counter load, returned to dispensing and care

Illustrative base-case figures — to be confirmed against your first pilot's data.

05 · Compliance & control

Built for a counter that's tightly regulated.

The two questions every pharmacist asks — answered before you ask them.

"Where does patient data live?"

On infrastructure in Johannesburg (Vultr JNB) — patient data stays in South Africa, with private deployment, encryption and full audit logs. POPIA-compliant by design, not as an afterthought.

"Will it dispense or advise?"

Never. It handles enquiries, stock and reminders only — it never dispenses and never gives clinical advice. Anything clinical is handed straight to a person, and the pharmacist stays in control.

From the dispensary
"The 'do you have it in stock' calls used to run my staff off their feet. Now they're answered before anyone picks up, and our chronic patients actually get their reminders. The counter just flows."
Reshma P. · responsible pharmacist · Durban

See it run on your
own stock and counter.

A focused 20-minute demo. We'll show a live stock answer, a repeat-script reminder and a busy phone handled — on infrastructure that never leaves South Africa.

Concierge Pro · R5 980 / month · hosted in Johannesburg · POPIA-compliant