Some Dis-Chem branches to provide Covid-19 testing from the safety of your car
Testing is also available at certain public hospitals and Lancet Laboratories.
As a result of the increasingly urgent need to speed up Covid-19 testing, together with the number of tests increasing daily which has led to delayed laboratory results, Dis-Chem Pharmacies will be providing drive-through testing stations at a number of its stores across the country.
Dis-Chem’s nursing practitioners will facilitate swab tests in the convenience of your car. The tests will be submitted to Toga Laboratories and the results will be communicated to you within 24 to 48 hours.
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Tests will be carried out by fully trained registered nurses. The test being used is the same as the one presently used by healthcare practitioners and they are carried out exactly as they are at various laboratories.
The testing process is simple – you will be directed to the entrance, then the registration point where National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) documentation will be completed. After payment of R850, the test will be carried out.
Dis-Chem Covid-19 drive through test centres:
- Olympus
- Centurion
- Fourways
- Athol Oaklands
- Pavilion
- Ballito Lifestyle
- Pearls
- Hemmingways
- Tygervalley
- Modderfontein
- Sandton
- Eastgate
- Wonderboom
- Wonderpark
- Menlyn
- All results will be logged through the NICD so that they can go through to the Department of Health.
- Tests are done on weekdays between 9am and 4pm, no bookings required.
- All staff will be wearing protective gear and there is proper medical waste disposal.
- Once tests are done and results are in, the clinic call centre will be in touch with the results.
- All information will be confidential within the clinic department.
Testing is available based on space availability and while testing kit stocks last.
Other Covid-19 testing sites, according to the NICD:
KwaZulu-Natal:
Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital – 7am to 7pm (Monday to Friday).
Western Cape:
Groot Schuur Academic Hospital – 7.30am to 5pm (Monday to Friday). Hours can be extended depending on the need.
Tygerberg Academic Hospital – 6.30am to 7pm.
Gauteng:
Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital – 7am to 7pm (seven days a week).
Tshwane Academic Hospital – testing is available daily including weekends.
Dr George Mukhari Hospital – 8am to 5pm.
Eastern Cape:
NHLS Port Elizabeth Virology – 7am to 7pm (Monday to Friday) and 8am to 12pm (Saturdays)
Free State:
Universitas Hospital – 7.30am to 5.30pm (seven days a week).
Testing at these sites is free.
Lancet Laboratories also offers Covid-19 testing. The cost is approximately R850.
For the test sites visit: www.lancet.co.za
Alternatively, contact the tollfree Covid-19 number 0800 029 999
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