I am originally from Africa and plan to go back and open up a pharmacy. Anyone sharing the same dream? And if so what do you think are going to be the challenges?
Hey Gabon,
Thanks for the reply. Are you still in school or practicing? Do you think we have good enough training for the disease states that are prevalent in Africa?
Thats true. I am from Ethiopia by the way and I left right after highschool so I am not that familiar how pharmacy works back home as I was intending on a different course of study then. I read an article that Kenyan Pharmacists prescribe. Is this true in your family's practice as well? .
And if so is it pretty accessible to get patient's lab tests such as crcl etc. Also you said that there are a lot of pharmacists in Gabon. Are they mostly PharmDs? .
If not, dont you think that your education of say maybe extra 4 years gives you an edge on the competition. .
In Addis, it is not really the pharmacists that bring in the medicine and make big bucks. It is an investor that buys a pharmacist's license for pharmacy related operations, brings in drugs and just sells ... it is very annoying.