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Wednesday 7 March 2018

The Vacation Pharmacist:
What a Pharmacist in Aruba can Represent for You

day pick up at the required
location. The biggest ad-
vantage for our American
clients is in the price of the
medications, which are
considerably cheaper in
price than in the US”.
Next to the pharmacy at
the Cove Mall is the walk-in
clinic, where the practice
of house doctor Beke is lo-
cated.
Here, you can visit the doc-
tor to fulfill any prescription
needs. Soon, Botica di Ser-
vicio will also be able to
provide laboratory servic-
es, such as blood and urine
testing. The one-stop-shop
will then be complete; pre-
scriptions, medications and
issuance of these in one
location, walking distance
from your hotel.
By saving you plenty of
time and effort, you’ll be
able to optimally enjoy
your vacation on the island
of Aruba.q

PALM BEACH - Not so long aging pharmacist at Botica There’s a patient’s file
ago Botica di Servicio’s di Servicio explains: “It’s not made for every client,
pharmacy opened its unusual that prescriptions which comes in extremely
doors at the Cove Mall, in get forgotten, or that when handy, especially for tour-
the Palm Beach area. At a already on the island peo- ists that visit the island fre-
walking distance from the ple realize that they didn’t quently. This is possible in
high-rise hotels, the phar- bring enough to last them any of the 5 Botica di Ser-
macy provides a pharma- the entire vacation. In that vicio locations around the
cist, on a daily basis. But case, a local doctor would island.
what can that represent for be able to write a prescrip- Through the use of patients
you as a tourist? tion, in order for us to be files, pharmacists and other
able to provide the pre- staff member can easily
Drs. Ate Mulder, senior man- scribed medications”. access required informa-
tion regarding a clients’
prescribed scripts and dos-
age’s. It is then the job of
the pharmacist to control
if new medications can be
taken in conjunction with
the current ones, and if the
doctor is prescribing the
right dosages.
Pharmacist Mulder further
explains, “we have the
largest variety of medica-
tions on Aruba.
If we don’t have the spe-
cific brand of medication
in stock, we have enough
experienced pharmacists
to be able to provide an al-
ternative. We then look for
a medication with the ex-
act same composition and
efficacy for our clients.
Despite not having all
medications continuously
at all stores, we make sure
they are ready for same-