By Tara Rippin • Published: 08 Apr 2020 • 19:21
DELIVERY SERVICE: Medication will be prepared at Denia Hospital and delivered around Marina Alta. CREDIT: Departamento de Salud Denia
ACCORDING to the Head of the Pharmacy Service of Denia’s Health Department (DSD), Jaime Poquet, “the aim is to avoid, as far as possible, the frequent attendance of patients who require certain types of medication from the hospital, since in many cases they are immuno-deprived people.”
The home delivery project of UFPE – Outpatient Pharmaceutical Care Unit – will deliver medication to an average of 35 patients each day, of which 51 per cent require refrigerated medication.
Medication for around 1,600 users, is prepared daily in the Hospital Pharmacy, and collected in early afternoon by a courier company to deliver across Marina Alta.
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Tara Rippin is a reporter for Spain’s largest English-speaking newspaper, Euro Weekly News, and is responsible for the Costa Blanca region. She has been in journalism for more than 20 years, having worked for local newspapers in the Midlands, UK, before relocating to Spain in 1990. Since arriving, the mother-of-one has made her home on the Costa Blanca, while spending 18 months at the EWN head office in Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol. She loves being part of a community that has a wonderful expat and Spanish mix, and strives to bring the latest and most relevant news to EWN’s loyal and valued readers.
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