A medical apparatus having a plurality of medical vials, each medical vial having a vial flange; and a medical carousel configured to be selectively engaged with the plurality of medical vials, the medical carousel having: a carousel platform having: a plurality of vial holders, wherein each vial holder is configured to be selectively engaged with a corresponding medical vial, each vial holder being configured to selectively confine the vial flange of the corresponding medical vial such that upon rotation of the medical vial about a vial vertical axis, and subsequent lifting of the medical vial, the vial holder is configured to allow a patient to extract the selected medical vial using an extraction tool. The medical apparatus may be configured to selectively rotate the medical carousel to align a corresponding medical vial with an extraction aperture, and actuate an extraction door to uncover the extraction aperture, thus facilitating medication dispensing.