Wah Fu and Wah Kwai Village, located in Pokfulam, Southern District, have a population of more than 30,000 but lack of pharmacies, and the demand for primary medical services is intense under the epidemic. Aberdeen Club will launch the "Liang Yue Community Pharmacy" in November last year. In addition to providing drug distribution services , as well as health consultations, educational seminars and more.
Some pharmacists pointed out that many elderly people need to take a lot of drugs due to long-term diseases, but they may not know that some drugs may be repeated or conflicted. Community pharmacies can help them integrate, which may reduce the public medical system in the long run. burden.
According to 2020 data from the Census and Statistics Department, nearly one-third of Hong Kong's population currently suffers from chronic diseases, and more than half of them need to take multiple prescription drugs on a regular basis.
In the absence of drug counseling, the elderly often suffer from multiple drug use and inappropriate drug use, resulting in a significant increase in hospitalization for drug-related problems.
A non-profit community pharmacy located in Wah Fu Village, which operates as a ground floor, provides drug consultation and one-to-one "drugs for you" service, allowing patients who are taking 5 or more long-term drugs to discuss with a pharmacist for about half an hour interviews to learn about the effects of drugs, etc.
The Aberdeen Association started the "Liang Yue Community Pharmacy" in November last year.
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Residents of Huafu Village are forced to buy medicines from different districts
Southern District is a traditional old community. More than half of the population in the district are middle-aged and elderly people. Residents of Wah Fu Village used to go to Ap Lei Chau and Aberdeen to buy medicine.
Therefore, community pharmacies have also set up "Minor Diseases and Pain Management Services" to allow patients with mild illnesses such as colds and colds to come to dispense medicines without having to go to the A&E department to seek medical treatment.
The department also holds various seminars, and may launch a drug pilot scheme in the future to provide discounts on drug purchases.
Chronically ill patients are prone to inadvertently taking medication repeatedly
With Hong Kong's active promotion of primary care and an ageing population, community pharmacists are very important to older communities.
Professor Wong Chi-kee, head of the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy at the University of Hong Kong, pointed out that population ageing is a concern around the world in recent years, and community pharmacists are common in the UK and the US.
He pointed out that many elderly or chronically ill patients need to take at least 6 to 7 types of medicines every day, but some elderly people may accidentally repeat the medicines. Relieve the symptoms of runny nose, but may not be suitable for patients with heart disease.
Ng Yuen-tong (left), a pharmacist at Aberdeen Square Health Service, said that the public medical system has been on the verge of collapse for a long time under the epidemic, and believes that community pharmacies can play a "little role".
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Pharmacists: Community pharmacies can reduce the burden on A&E departments
Ng Yuen-tong, a pharmacist at the Aberdeen Club Health Service, said that from time to time, people have seen people hoarding medicines. For example, some elderly people came with the same large bag of expired medicines, and some people did not know that different medicines might "collide".
She pointed out that a mother-in-law who suffered from "three highs" and epilepsy came to say that she had a sudden increase in the number of recent seizures. Colleagues in the pharmacy found that in addition to her follow-up consultation in a public hospital, her mother-in-law also suffered from phlegm. She visited a private doctor, and the private doctor prescribed antibiotics to her. Unexpectedly, these drugs greatly reduced the efficacy of the epilepsy drug. Finally, the pharmacist at the community pharmacy explained the situation to the hospital for her and carried out drug integration.
Wu also pointed out that under the epidemic, the public medical system has been on the verge of collapse for a long time, and believes that community pharmacies can play a "small role", like a "convenience store" that asks for medicine, providing pharmacy services for different patients and becoming a "close to the ground" pharmacist. "Isn't it a reminder that 3 times a day, one tablet each time, three times a day should be set for 8 hours every 6 minutes? It should be explained clearly."
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