Big win for Darwin pharmacy
June 24, 2014
COUNTRY
Wellness Pharmacy,
based in the Darwin
suburb of Winnellie,
has won the 2014
Telstra Northern
Territory Startup
Business Award.
The judges said
the business
had changed the
traditional model
of a pharmacy,
expanding into
services for
Indigenous non-profit groups as
well as oil and shipping companies.
The company was established in
2012 as Save Mart Pharmacy in the
Winnellie Shopping Centre by a
group of passionate pharmacists.
Having now grown to five full
time staff, the pharmacy has
focused strongly on personalised
local service, merging traditional
dispensing with “holistic health
services” such as counselling and
education seminars.
The judges hailed the pharmacy’s
innovation which has seen it
offer a 24/7 on-call pharmacist,
while “state-of-the-art online
medical consultations” have
improved services for remote and
incapacitated patients.
A recent enhancement to
the pharmacy’s offering has
been a web-based medication
management system for an aged
care facility.
“We’re proud to say that Save
Mart Pharmacy is independently
owned and 100% Territory
focused,” said md Boon Wai Lim.
“Our aim is to be at the forefront
of healthcare innovation in the
Territory,” he added.
Winners of the Telstra NT
Business Awards now progress to
the Australian Business Awards,
which will be announced in
Melbourne on 07 Aug.
Pictured above in the Darwin
dispensary are Marcus Leong and
Boon Wai Lim.
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