Saigon Times Online - City International Hospital (CIH) has just combined with Pharmacity drug store chain to open satellite clinics, in the form of "minute clinic" in Thao Dien ward, district 2 (HCMC). This model is designed to help people can see doctors quickly for common diseases, monitor chronic diseases without having to go to the hospital, saving time and cost ...
Doctors at Pharmacity Clinic (Managed by City International Hospital).
First Minute Clinic of City International Hospital and Pharmacity. Photo: M.T
Mr. Tran Quoc Bao, Director of Strategic Planning and Marketing of City International Hospital, said the "minute clinic" model was mainly used for consultation of common diseases such as cough, headache, flu, fever, allergy ... and monitor chronic diseases like heart disease, diabetes ...
Mr. Tran Quoc Bao, Director of Strategic Planning and Marketing of City International Hospital
In recent studies on the behavior of medical examination and buying of Vietnamese people, only 3% of patients come to health facilities (clinics, polyclinics and hospitals) to see doctors. Advice and prescription. The remaining 97% either borrowed the same prescription from friends and relatives to buy drugs, or described symptoms for pharmacists to sell drugs. The reason is that there is no time for going to the clinic, being afraid of the cost of many times of medical examination and that the pharmacy is closer and more convenient ...
With the minute clinic model, with the cost of specialist consultation is only VND 70,000 / visit, the patient will be helped by the doctor to plan a clear follow-up and treatment, avoid over-the-counter medication, antibiotic abuse.
City International Hospital sees this as a potential business model, with nearly 60,000 pharmacies across the country, assuming each pharmacy has 50 weekly buyers and 10% of them buy drugs according to his advice. physicians, pharmacies have helped medical facilities reduce the load of 100 million visits per year. Thus, with the expectation that 10% of customers who buy (non-prescription) medicines turn to consulting with qualified doctors for accurate prescription, the potential is a huge market for developing convenient medical examination, almost have not been given enough attention.
Instead of partnering with individual pharmacies, City International Hospital choses the Pharmacity drugstore chain, which has an extensive network of over 300 pharmacies to help the clinic take advantage of the available customers. This cooperation helps reduce operating costs, advertising costs and can simultaneously use the same target audience. It is estimated that both parties will save about 65-70% of operating costs compared to the independent operating model.
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- Clinic location: 44 Quoc Huong, Thao Dien, District 2, Ho Chi Minh City.
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- Consultation fee: 70,000 dong per visit.
