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Thursday 9 May 2019

Feeling Sick during vacation?

At Your Service: Experienced Doctor & Pharmacy under one Roof

Pharmacy & Drug Store with a Recipe for Success
Two quality parties that work together can only be a good thing. After
you pick up your prescription at Dr. Beke’s practice, you can go to the
Pharmacy, right next door. The collaboration between these two results in
a quick, efficient and quality service. It’s just what you need when you feel
the only thing you want is healing. Lennert van der Poel, general manager
PALM BEACH — Feeling sick is a miserable thing during vacation. of the Pharmacy, which is part of a Group of 5 pharmacies, points out that
This is the time of the year you should enjoy and relax, so staying convenience is not their only unique asset. “We carry a wide variety of
in a hotel room bed with a sunstroke, skin allergy, ear infection or medicines from the US, but most of the medicines come from the EU. The
intestinal problems can be a bummer. The best thing to do is to prices in the EU are considerately lower than in the U.S.” All medicine are
recover as soon as possible, and Dr. Lili Beke of the Aruba Walk-in European registered with the same standard as U.S. products. “The law
Clinic, together with Palm Beach Service Pharmacy are a one-stop- in the States allows visitors to get medicines here for the use of six months
shopping solution. and many repeated guests or time share owners do so. This saves them a
lot of money. It is however mandatory to have a prescription from a local
A Walk-In Clinic to Walk To doctor”, says van der Poel. Most common medicines requested by visitors
First of all she is calm, kind and understanding. Personal touch is her are antibiotic, pain killers and anti-allergy medications.
trade mark and with more than 35 years of experience as a medi-
cal doctor she knows what’s going on. Doctor Beke is located in Naturally we wish you the healthiest, most wonderful vacation of your life
Palm Beach, at the door steps of the hotel area and her clinic is ap- on our Happy Island. But …. In case you are in need of a doctor and a
propriately named the Aruba Walk-In Clinic. “I’d like to put myself in pharmacy, just turn around, walk in and feel welcome to be cured!q
the shoes of the visitor. Being in a strange place, sometimes far from
family or even alone and feeling sick. You can feel lost and disori-
entated. I can understand that and try to give them comprehen- Palm Beach Service Pharmacy
sion and a welcome feeling while examining them. So they leave T: +297 587 1717
with a smile, even if they feel a bit sick.” The doctor speaks seven www.boticadiservicio.com
languages: English, Dutch, German, French, Italian, Spanish and info@boticadiservicio.com
Papiamento, meaning she can attend to almost any tourist from Unit 8 at “The Cove”, Palm Beach
all over the world. “You can come in without an appointment and
we have an emergency number that works 24/7, if necessary I will Aruba Walk-in Clinic
visit the patient where he/she is staying. We attend patients every T: +297 588 539 or +297 594 0539
day!” Her philosophy is as follows: As long as you enjoy what you lgbeke.md@gmail.com
are doing and like to help people, this profession is very rewarding.” Unit 9 at “The Cove”, Palm Beach
It sounds like the perfect place to heal.