Medicine management apparatus for managing patient's medication period through message transmission

A medicine management apparatus for managing a patient's medication period through message transmission, the apparatus comprising:

• a medicine storage casing for storing medicines;
• a display unit for displaying medication times for the medicines and temperature and humidity within the medicine storage casing;
• an audio unit for informing the medication times on a periodic basis;
• a timer for setting the medication times on a periodic basis and outputting the medication times through the audio unit or the display unit;
• a message transmission module for transmitting a message to an administrator over a wireless communication network when there is no open signal detected when doors provided in the medicine storage casing are opened using the open signal as a medication signal;
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• a control unit for performing an overall control operation of the medicine management apparatus.