THE DRUGSTORE OF UNIVERSIDAD AUTONÓMA DE SANTO DOMINGO, RECINTO SAN FRANCISCO DE MACORÍS

By Suanny Hidalgo

SAN FRANCISCO DE MACORÍS

MAY 17th 2013

THE DRUGSTORE OF UNIVERSIDAD AUTONÓMA DE SANTO DOMINGO, RECINTO SAN FRANCISCO DE MACORÍS

By Suanny Hidalgo

         The drugstore At Recinto San Francisco de Macorís is important for our society.  This drugstore calls the attention of the public in general. The people can find necessary medicine to buy. Also people who live in other cities come to get medical products.

         The first aspect to explain is the good service of the drugstore at Universidad Autonóma de Santo Domingo, Recinto San Francisco de Macorís. This drugstore supplies medicine and sanitary imput to the community. Also these types of drugstores send medicine to hospitals, units of primary attention of the Health Public Ministry in the Dominican Republic and, to the members of the subsidized regime of Social Security.  The “People’s Drugstore” as the Health Public Ministry called it, offers cheap medicine to the users, Especially to people who don’t have money for buying common and other types of medicine.

         Beyond that, this drugstore has the cheapest medicine. The Acetaminophen pill costs 0.20 cents and the most expensive is the Antitoxin Tetanica injections. The people visit the drugstore to buy more pills than syrups. In addition, the costumers buy more injection ampoules of antibiotics than other types of products (cotton, gloves, and descartables syringes). The sales are kept the same on college vacation. Stadistics says that 90% of the population comes to this popular drugstore.

         The conditions of the drugstore are good. The floor and the walls are clean. The area is refreshed by a fan and an air conditioner. Inside the drugstore, there are sections to put medicine. The sections are divided in alphabetic order, no matter if syrups and pills are together. In this case, the alphabetic order is the most important. The sections have to be clean and in good conditions as well. Also, the medicine has to be cleaned for being sold and for the costumers who are the viewers and the users of this pharmacy. At the entrance, the drugstore has a glass door. It permits the public to see the products before they came in the place. The employees and the costumers feel good with the environment and the drugstore conditions. The employees have to clean it daily. The employees use this practice to offer a better service to the public.

         In summary, the drugstore at Universidad Autonóma de Santo Domingo, Recinto San Francisco de Macorís requires more types of medicine, especially those that are escential. The people, who don’t have the economical conditions to buy expensive medicine, demand it. The population of San Francisco de Macorís must give more importance to this drugstore since it is a contribution offered from the state to the students and to the community, particularly to the people who don’t have enough economical resources. Therefore, the students have to fight for these types of drugstores continue bringing their service to the community.

San Francisco de Macorís 2013