They had to travel 40 minutes to get medications: First Pharmacy of Villa Mininco inaugurate | National

An initiative of CMPC, the municipality and the fraction of fraction commune without pharmacy, installed the first pharmacy in Villa Minincolocality in the commune of Collipulli (region of La Araucanía). This has a mix of eight thousand products between medications with recipe, without recipe, natural products, veterinarians and perfumery

With this initiative, neighbors will no longer have to travel to other communes to acquire essential assets. Previously, those who lived in the sector had to travel near 40 minutes the English o one hour At birth to obtain pharmaceutical products.

In this regard, the Mayor of Collipulli, Manuel Macaya He stressed that “it is a real pride to see how this long -awaited project is specified here, in Villa Mininco, benefiting more than 5,000 neighbors of the sector and its surroundings.”

“This pharmacy represents much more than a space of attention; it is a symbol of progress and well-being for the community. I want to deeply thank CMPC, because this public-private alliance shows that when we work together, we achieve real changes for our people,” he added.

With modern infrastructure and attention designed for the community, the new pharmacy of Villa Mininco It also offers a purchase system at the request, in case some drug is not available at the time.

During a recent visit to the facilities of the work, Judith Leiva, neighbor of the sectorhe said that “this pharmacy is something we always dream of. It changes our lives.”

To Luz Benavides, member of the Tripartite Table of Villa Mininco and president of a rural neighborhood board “It is fantastic to have a pharmacy right here in Villa Mininco. In my case, I am a diabetic and hypertensive, and many times I have needed emergency medications and I had to travel far, not counting that in the rural sectors the locomotion is very scarce.”

“This pharmacy is a necessity for everyone: for children, older adults and those who live here, because having access to health near home is a great relief,” he added.

The space has attention from Monday to Thursday, from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Friday from 09:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and will offer more than 8,000 productsmany of them also available through this platform, with delivery in a maximum of 72 hours. All this, at a fixed point.