{"id":7924,"date":"2022-07-21T11:20:17","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T03:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/?p=7924"},"modified":"2022-07-21T11:20:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T03:20:19","slug":"3-vital-purposes-why-there-is-a-need-to-have-a-go-to-medical-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/3-vital-purposes-why-there-is-a-need-to-have-a-go-to-medical-shop\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Vital purposes why there is a need to have a go-to medical shop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>To address healthcare inequities and ever-changing public health demands, the attainability of medical equipment is necessary.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/health-topics\/medical-devices%23tab=tab_1\">World Health Organization<\/a>&nbsp;specified that access to\nhigh-quality, fairly priced, and appropriate healthcare products are critical \u2013\nfor universal health coverage, medical emergencies, and promoting healthier\npopulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this global concern, go-to\nmedical shops exist to help communities around the world. These are retail\nshops offering a wide array of healthcare products, medical equipment, and\nsupplies. Below are three vital purposes why there is a need to have a go-to\nmedical shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Bridging\nthe Medical Equipment Accessibility Gap and Demand<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Amid the pandemic, a\nsignificant problem the world faces are the inaccessibility and shortage of\nhealthcare product needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This issue will expect to rise\nin the next five years as \u201cthe medical devices market in the Philippines is\ncurrently in Growth Stage, with an increase in number of hospitals, high\nprevalence of chronic diseases, rising instances of heart and kidney failures\u2026\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/en\/news-release\/2022\/03\/29\/2411518\/0\/en\/Philippines-Medical-Device-market-is-expected-to-reach-to-a-value-of-PHP-130-Billion-by-2025-with-a-double-digit-growth-CAGR-during-the-next-five-years-Ken-Research.html\">(Ken Research, 2022)<\/a>&nbsp;which means medical equipment\nis not only critical to modern healthcare today but will be even more critical\nin the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Medical Depot, a long-time\nmedical supplier and among the reliable go-to medical shops in the Philippines,\ncontributes to bridging this healthcare accessibility gap and consumer demand\nin many parts of the country by aggressively expanding its touchpoints to reach\nhundreds of thousands of Filipinos with a wide variety of medical needs from\npharmaceutical, medical supplies, COVID-19 related products to hospital\nequipment that other prominent players in the medical industry do not offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Access to High Quality and Affordable Medicines<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>With the health and lives of millions at stake, the medical\nindustry continues to evolve with innovations and products fit for the\ncommunity. Having <a>go<\/a>-to medical shops in\nthe country can ensure the public <a>an access<\/a> to high\nquality and affordable medicines, supplies, and equipment that can cater to\ntheir needs boost the health of the Filipinos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe end goal is for patients\nto receive the best available and affordable treatment for their illnesses.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iqvia.com\/-\/media\/iqvia\/pdfs\/asia-pacific\/white-papers\/bringing-quality-and-affordable-medicines-to-populations.pdf\">Harsono, Ng, 2018<\/a>) With\nreliable and trusted medical shops available in the market today, there is more\noptions for Filipinos to gain quality and affordable medicines that they need\nfor everyday life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Contributes to the Community<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When enough medical supplies\nare accessible and near community medical facilities, it can address many of\nthe community\u2019s health concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through a go-to medical shop,\nlocal public and private clinics and hospitals can easily obtain affordable\nmedical equipment that are needed to help them fulfill their healthcare and\nmedical duties. Also, convenient reach and access of pharmaceutical products\nand medical equipment can boost community confidence in accepting healthcare\ntreatments, which is foundational to improving healthcare outcomes (<a href=\"https:\/\/go.nrchealth.com\/l\/279972\/2018-12-06\/3vnp6\">NRC Health, 2019<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While life may have slowed down\nduring the pandemic, businesses have had to pivot fast to serve their\ncustomers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This inspired Medical Depot in\n2021 to pursue its e-commerce platform that help redesign the way they serve\ntheir customers and the local community. Easy access to online medical\nsupplies, products, and equipment can help many Filipinos all over the country.\nTo date, the company offers its solutions and products to the public through\ntheir e-commerce platform and 40 branches nationwide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0To learn more about what they offer and the latest updates, visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/medicaldepot.com.ph\/\">Medical Depot PH website<\/a>\u00a0or their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/medicaldepotph\">Facebook page.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medical Depot, a long-time medical supplier and among the reliable go-to medical shops in the Philippines, contributes to bridging this healthcare accessibility gap and consumer demand in many parts of the country by aggressively expanding its touchpoints to reach hundreds of thousands of Filipinos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7925,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,16,13],"tags":[63,99,800,806,2357,2242,303],"class_list":["post-7924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsmakers","category-product-showcase","category-business-builders","tag-bath-products","tag-beauty-products","tag-eye-care-product","tag-health-products","tag-healthy-products","tag-product-showcase","tag-sustainable-products"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7924"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7926,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7924\/revisions\/7926"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}