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With the ever-increasing population in developing countries like India many people are unable to get the required medicines which could be due to various reasons. This results in poor health conditions which might even cause deaths. Also, people are prone to get medication errors which involves the usage of wrong medicines for a particular disease and the administration. The rising statistics have motivated many researches in developing systems which can reduces these errors. Hence it becomes very crucial to design and develop a system that can be useful in providing medicines as and when required at a considerable price.

At present with the growing technology people usually prefer the appliances which are automatic and hence quick. A medicine vending machine as the name itself suggests is a vending machine which dispenses the medicines according to the user’s choice. By having an over-the-counter vending machine in the workplace, work sites without clinics or pharmacies can be benefited from increased work efficiency and avoid under performance of the employees. People can have access to medicines during off hours. In this project the system provides provisions for general medicines, prescribed medicines and first aid. The system is designed taking into consideration the drugs and medicines which are banned. The user can then go with other alternatives. This is one of the greatest advantages. Hence there is no doubt that this system can improve patient’s safety. The proposed system is controlled fully by Arduino Mega 2560. The users are provided with national health care card. For the efficient usage of the system, the user has to use a unique identification that can prevent any skepticism among the patients as to what medicines have to be taken from the device. Once the input is taken, the system will check if the required medicine is available or not. If it does, system will check user’s balance and medicines are dispensed or else a message is displayed reminding the user to recharge the card.

Advantages and Applications

1. This framework can be introduced in restricted space as it is versatile.

2. This idea is a lot helpful in everyday life for average folks.

3. Since online transaction is involved no fear for larceny

4. No distinct individual is required for upkeep.

5. Customary renewal can help in not just following utilization example and in this way taking prudent steps yet additionally guarantee accessibility of medications 24x7.

6. Senior residents need not travel excessively far for essential clinical medicines.

Conclusion

Any Time Medicine Vending Machine has been executed on Arduino Mega 2560. This system can fetch out the medicines without any human intervention. To magnify the security, RFID is used as each person would be able access only with their unique ID’s. If the quota of medicines are over, using Arduino Mega 2560 and GSM alert message is sent to the authority for the refillment. The main intent of this project is to make medicine accessible to all people irrespective of their locations. Significant bit of leeway is that individuals would have the option to get to the medications by means of this proposed system in open places, for examples shopping centers, railroad stations, on parkways, territories where clinical store are constrained.