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CCTV for pharmacies and medical stores
A pharmacy needs cameras on the dispensing counter, the cash point, the controlled-stock cupboard and the entrance, with forty-five days of retention because batch shortages show up at stock check, not on the day. A 4-camera package runs PKR 55,000–85,000; counters open all night near the big hospitals need proper low-light cameras.
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Counter coverage settles supply disputes
The camera over the dispensing counter should read what was handed across, not just record that a handover happened. That means a position almost directly above the counter edge, 2MP minimum at that short range, and continuous recording through opening hours. When a customer returns insisting the wrong strength was supplied, two minutes of that footage ends the conversation either way.
One camera on the controlled cupboard door
Restricted stock does not need a camera inside every shelf — it needs one on the cupboard door recording who opened it and when, paired with a named-person key rather than one living in the till drawer. The cold-chain fridge deserves a temperature alarm on the same visit; spoiled vaccine stock costs more than most thefts.
Night counters near PIMS and Shifa
Medical stores around G-8 and H-8 trade through the night serving hospital attendants. A night window transaction happens in headlight glare and shadow, so the window camera needs genuine low-light performance and a small external light, and the recorder needs a UPS so a voltage dip at 3 a.m. does not drop the system mid-shift.
What CCTV does a pharmacy need?
How long should a pharmacy keep footage?
Forty-five days is the sensible floor, because batch discrepancies surface at the monthly or quarterly count. Sizing the drive for that at quotation costs a few thousand rupees; discovering overwritten footage later costs the answer.
Where should the recorder sit in a small pharmacy?
Locked away — a cabinet or the back store, never under the counter within arm's reach. The recorder is the one component whose loss erases every camera at once, and it is the first thing anyone who knows shops looks for.
Rather have it done?
Business CCTV is built around the counter, the entrance, the stock area and the back door, with storage long enough to catch problems you only notice at stocktake. Systems for Islamabad marts, pharmacies, schools and offices start at PKR 85,000, and can tie into access control and your point of sale.
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