Quote Originally Posted by Maciamo
Yes, but why not just have the pharmacy inside the hospital then ? I have been to hospitals in England, belgium and Spain and everytime there was a pharmacy inside.
All of the hospitals that I have been to have a pharmacy inside. But it is only open during "normal" hours. After hours and emergency prescriptions must be filled outside the hospital. But as was stated earlier there are usually a couple of places just outside the hospital doors.


Hmm, funny because almost everytime I or my wife went to see a doctor in Japan (for a cold, flu or the like), we end up with a huge list of medicines to buy, most of which are ot necessary (eg. medicines for throatache and fever when I don't have either of them, and antibiotics, which I need even less).
I guess they have some kind of arrangement with the pharmacy next door.
They do issue out quite a lot of unneeded meds, but I just refuse the ones that I don't want/need. As for the pharmacies having an arrangement? Usually they do. I know that many of the smaller clinics you see, actually the pharmacy next door is owned by the doctor (but run by someone else). THis way once the doctor retires, he has something else padding his income. Actually pretty smart, but nothing says that you must use that pharmacy...most people I know go to a pharmacy near their home to get scripts filled!