2024-01-05 02:00:03
Within health professionals, divided opinions persist regarding the pharmacy offices. While some consider that they have devalued medical care, there are also others who claim that they are useful. In the end the only certainty is that it is one of the most commercially successful businesses.
In that sense, part of the doctors’ dissatisfaction has its origin in all the sacrifices they make during their training. Not only is it a longer career than the rest, but it also involves dedicating a full year of rotation through hospital areas and another for social service.
With this in mind, after graduating from university the only thing you aspire to is to have a job with a decent wage. You don’t necessarily want a life with luxuries, but you do want one without lack. Some achieve it but others do not and, in part, it has been caused by the appearance of medical care spaces at affordable prices.
When did pharmacy offices emerge?
The public and private health They have been around for decades. In the case of the second option, one of its characteristics is that the services were not always available to the low-income population.
Based on the above, in 1997 it appeared Similar pharmacies. At the beginning it only offered the sale of generic medicines but a couple of years later it added offices with affordable prices. While gradually other chains that followed the same model also appeared.
Currently there are thousands of pharmacy offices throughout the country and it is possible to find at least one in each neighborhood. For patients, it is an option to be treated instantly and at affordable prices. The problem is that some accuse that those most affected are the people themselves. general doctors.
Have pharmacy offices generated unfair competition?
Being able to open a doctor’s office It is never easy because there are many procedures that must be completed and a strong financial investment is also necessary. But now there is a new barrier and it is the spaces of medical care that offer low prices.
From a financial point of view it is very difficult for a entrepreneurial general practitioner who just opened his own office can offer consultations for 50 or 70 pesos. It is not worth all the effort made as a student and you will simply never be able to cover all your expenses.
Now, thinking about the disappearance of the offices attached to pharmacies It is not the solution either. Although in this case the fault lies with the Mexican health system itself. Currently it depends completely on economic spaces because they already offer more queries per day than the IMSS itself.
In fact, much of the success of low cost medical offices It is not exactly the price of their services but that they have taken advantage of public health errors. One of the aspects that causes the most anger among patients is having to wait for hours to enter the office.
From this approach, the first thing that should be done is improve public health to make it competitive. The lack of investment that has existed for decades by the governments of the different political parties has made it an abandoned sector.
For now, what is your opinion about pharmacy offices?
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