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A16   LOCAL
              Wednesday 6 February 2019

            Feeling Sick during vacation?

            At Your Service: Experienced Doctor & Pharmacy under one Roof



                                                                      PALM  BEACH  —  Feeling
                                                                      sick  is  a  miserable  thing
                                                                      during vacation. This is the
                                                                      time of the year you should
                                                                      enjoy and relax, so staying
                                                                      in a hotel room bed with a
                                                                      sunstroke, skin allergy, ear
                                                                      infection or intestinal prob-
                                                                      lems  can  be  a  bummer.
                                                                      The best thing to do is to re-
                                                                      cover as soon as possible,
                                                                      and Dr. Lili Beke of the Aru-
                                                                      ba Walk-in Clinic, together
                                                                      with  Palm  Beach  Service
                                                                      Pharmacy are a one-stop-
                                                                      shopping solution.

                                                                      A Walk-In Clinic to Walk To
                                                                      First of all she is calm, kind
                                                                      and  understanding.  Per-
                                                                      sonal  touch  is  her  trade
                                                                      mark  and  with  more  than
                                                                      35  years  of  experience    feeling sick. You can feel lost and disorientated. I can un-
                                                                      as  a  medical  doctor  she   derstand that and try to give them comprehension and
                                                                      knows  what’s  going  on.    a welcome feeling while examining them. So they leave
                                                                      Doctor  Beke  is  located  in   with a smile, even if they feel a bit sick.” The doctor speaks
                                                                      Palm  Beach,  at  the  door   seven languages: English, Dutch, German, French, Italian,
                                                                      steps of the hotel area and   Spanish and Papiamento, meaning she can attend to al-
                                                                      her  clinic  is  appropriately   most any tourist from all over the world. “You can come
                                                                      named  the  Aruba  Walk-     in without an appointment and we have an emergency
                                                                      In  Clinic.  “I’d  like  to  put   number that works 24/7, if necessary I will visit the patient
                                                                      myself  in  the  shoes  of  the   where he/she is staying. We attend patients every day!”
                                                                      visitor.  Being  in  a  strange   Her philosophy is as follows: As long as you enjoy what
                                                                      place, sometimes far from    you are doing and like to help people, this profession is
                                                                      family  or  even  alone  and   very rewarding.” It sounds like the perfect place to heal.

                                                                                                   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 of the Pharmacy, which
                                                                                                   is part of a Group of 5 pharmacies, points out that con-
                                                                                                   venience is not their only unique asset. “We carry a wide
                                                                                                   variety of medicines from the US, but most of the medi-
                                                                                                   cines come from the EU. The prices in the EU are consid-
                                                                                                   erately lower than in the U.S.” All medicine are European
                                                                                                   registered with the same standard as U.S. products. “The
                                                                                                   law in the States allows visitors to get medicines here for
                                                                                                   the use of six months 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 lo-
                                                                                                   cal doctor”, says van der Poel. Most common medicines
                                                                                                   requested by visitors are antibiotic, pain killers and anti-
                                                                                                   allergy medications.


                                                                                                   Naturally we wish you the healthiest, most wonderful va-
                                                                                                   cation  of  your  life  on  our  Happy  Island.  But  ….  In  case
                                                                                                   you are in need of a doctor and a pharmacy, just turn
                                                                                                   around, walk in and feel welcome to be cured!q


                                                                                                   Palm Beach Service Pharmacy  Aruba Walk-in Clinic
                                                                                                   T: +297 587 1717             T: +297 588 539
                                                                                                   www.boticadiservicio.com     or +297 594 0539
                                                                                                   info@boticadiservicio.com    lgbeke.md@gmail.com
                                                                                                   Unit 8 at “The Cove”         Unit 9 at “The Cove”
                                                                                                   Palm Beach                   Palm Beach
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