What a pristine pharmacy ! I could walk around in a store like that all day long. It was mind blowing to me on how they repurpose unused medication. Excellent video.
We are SO Ripped off in America for prescriptions - when my friend luggage lost & pills in it had to get a script & went to French Pharmacy - USA $55 France $8 - same manufacturer same brand same dosage.
My husband left for a trip to Germany and didn't realize he was going to be there fro two weeks instead of one. He is diabetic and so he went to a German pharmacy with is script bottles explained the situation. He was paying about $200 a month even with our copay. He paid full retail price and received in Germany ....and the pharmacy sold him 3 months worth of medicine all blister packed except for insulin of course for 80 Euros. We were shocked! yes we need to reform so much here pertaining to drug costs.
This is truly fascinating because most of us, even French, have never been behind the scenes - thanks so much for posting! Also, Pharmacie des câlins is the sweetest name ever :)
I love this. I used to be a pharmacy tech in the US, and I'm jealous of this pharmacy. Esp the dispensing. An entire box! No counting! Wow! They have it SO easy! Makes me almost want to pack up and move to France, but then I remember that I don't speak French. :(
I love the name "Pharmacie des calins" Hugs Pharmacy. Gimme hugs, not drugs! Also I notice that the building is apparently where "bains-Douches" used to be for people who didn't have anywhere else to take a bath or shower decades ago. Finally, excellent job on the closed captioning!
Yes generics are cheaper and more and more common, but we generally keep the "branded" available in pharmacy, with a extra fee that is reimbursed only if your body didn't tolerate the generic at the first take (or if your dedicated Doc asked for the branded with justifications). Of course generics are better reimbursed.
Love this video Diane. It was very kind of the family to let you film in their pharmacy. Amazing place. I love the robot system, makes things much easier.
I KNOW that robot! Same robotic arms we use in IBM data tape storage 'libraries'. Gotta watch-out if you power-down while active. One of OURS threw a tape cartridge at me and wiped-out an entire door of plastic slots!
Vive la pharmacie française! I so wish we had this kind of service in the US. I absolutely love the recycled medicines going to economically stressed areas.
Next time we go to France, we need to go into a pharmacy. We just didn't have time. So amazing what is available there and how highly trained and informed everyone is ❤️
***SUBTITLES IN FRENCH & ENGLISH AVAILABLE IN YOUR SETTINGS! TURN 'EM ON!*** Time for a French pharmacy tour! I'm taking you behind the scenes in this video! It's the video I'm the most proud of since the pandemic started, so if you enjoy it, please give it a thumbs up, leave a comment and share it with someone who might find it interesting. All of that helps support my channel for free. ;-) From start to finish, the production time was about 20 hours, so I'd really appreciate your support with this one. THANK YOU for being here.
Love this video…..I’m going to visit a pharmacy the next time I’m in France. Love hearing the French language. They do speak a ‘bit’ faster than Duolingo !!!
Excellent video! Coming from Europe, I was shocked when I first visited a pharmacy in the US and found such a large selection of non-pharmaceutical products there…..including some very unhealthy ones! As a healthcare professional, I should point out that robotic dispensing systems and individual packaging of medications are commonplace in hospital pharmacies in western countries. Most people would not be aware of this.
Late to the party here! My son and his family live in France so I spend a lot of time there. All pharmacies are pristine clean and good advice. I do speak good french which helps but my daughter in law is Belgian so help I I ever needed it! Here in the UK pharmacists are similar. Give advice and vaccinations.
How wonderful. Love the little privaate tele-med room, with the various devices hooked up to the machine, for the doctor to read via computer. Oh how I wish the US would do things the French way when it comes to health. (when it comes to many things). Thank you, Diane. Another winning video! And the humanitarian aspect of returning medicines you won't use!!! Fabulous idea!!!
I am just now seeing this video, and all I can say is, WOW! So impressive and so far ahead of how things are run in pharmacies here in the U.S. (and the pharmaceutical industry in general). Also, with worldwide doctor shortages, I love that the French people are progressive thinkers in allowing "boo-boo" treatment and tele-med appointments to ease the burden of less serious calls on doctors' offices. C'est super!
Thank you Diane for this wonderful new "behind the scene “. I never seen this system with robotic arms in a pharmaceutical store before. My pharmacy in Ile-de-France isn’t that’s well equipped ! The lab techs grab the prescriptions boxes with their hands and put them in a tray before they give them to us. And I love the name too. I would love receive some "calins" when I am sick... 😬
The robots delivering the medicine boxes are more and more common now in France. In medium and big cities I'd say a third of pharmacies have it now. I've been to a lit of pharmacies in a number of cities, so I have a pretty good idea about it. Generally, french pharmacies are very good
I work as a pharmacy tech in the US, for cvs, and this is amazing to see. I wish we had a system to repurpose medications people don't finish - so long as they aren't expired. I love that the medications don't go to waste. I've had people pick up medication, find they have a reaction to it or something they don't need is filled, and we can't take back medications .So they put it in the bin we have for collections...and it's just destroyed. I also like that they give you the box from the company that makes the medications. Here things come in massive bottles, 500 count...1,000 count...ect. So we can't just give over stock bottles typically. I don't mind how we put labels, with printed directions, onto the bottles/boxes/ect that we give out. But having personal information isn't needed really. So many thigns I like about how they do things in France, especially how it's not also a grocerystore,does your pictures, and other things.
Pharmacies are my favorite places to shop when I am in Europe, so this is the BEST vlog I have seen in a long time. Makes me want to get on a plane and shop there!
Thank you, Diane. Also, thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Habib for allowing you to show us their beautiful and amazing pharmacy behind the scenes! I wish we had this system in the U.S. and robot too. Merci! See you soon, France!
I love French pharmacies and buying products there (Bioderma, Caudalie, Nuxe, Avene etc) -- they are far less expensive there than what you pay for those brands in the US & Canada.
What a fun visit! I am enuf of a fossil to recall when US pharmacies were organized quite like French pharmacies of today -- owner-operated and filled with only medicines and, most importantly, the health and beauty products that my elementary and middle school friends and I would spend hours contemplating ... 'which shampoo should I try this week, strawberry or peach?' 'should we get started with that wrinkle cream this year?' Modern US pharms morphing into convenience stores has some advantages but IMHO none of those advantages beats the atmosphere and offering of old school pharmacies!
Thanks, Diane and Tom for the video and the translations. Thanks to the Habibs and the staff as well. What an amazing documentary of their operations. I was thoroughly engrossed and didn't want it to end!
I was so entranced with this video. The automation and forward-thinking of their pharmacy design is quite exciting. I always enjoy visiting pharmacies and have this one marked on Google maps. It was so kind of them to share all of this with you and with us and I can’t wait to visit. I will look at some items online to see about shipping them. I had missed about turning on subtitles till after I watched it but their French was slow enough that I could understand a lot of what they said. Thanks, Diane. A stellar video!
@@roblaw5807 Do a google search for ANY pharmacy that is close to the border in whatever state you reside. Even the chain pharmacies (Shoppers Drug Mart for example) take US prescriptions if you order/refill online.
Votre vidéo sur la "pharmacie des câlins" est tout simplement géniale. Je vis à Orléans et je ne pense pas que nous ayons ce genre de pharmacie aussi moderne. Toute l'équipe est charmante et intéressante à écouter. Un grand merci à tous.
This video is excellent! I definitely would give this a 20 on the university scale. I will try and share this with my LinkedIn colleagues; much of the technology has been adopted in the US but it is at one or 2 centralized locations and not accessible to pedestrian traffic. Very refreshing that pharmacists can spend more time with consults with patients and docs and do MTM (Medication Therapy Management) instead of telling people where the diet soda is.
Awesome Diane! I so with our pharmacies here were modeled on European pharmacies. On one of my visits to France I needed a little medical attention (nothing serious just huge blisters in my feet from walking) and I went into a pharmacy in Nancy, FR and even though they didn't speak much English they were very helpful. I tried in French to ask for a "bandage for my ampoule" and believe it or not they figured it out! I am sure they had a good laugh but they were so helpful!
What a fascinating video. The pharmacy is beautiful as well as efficient. The professionalism and efficiency is impressive. They seem to put the patient first and use technology in service of excellence.
Just wow! Love their pharmacy and the way they are running it. Fell in love with their medicine recycling system. Thank-you for taking us with you. Kerry from Australia.
Hi Diane- I came to watch this video after reading your 2021 year end blog. I'm so glad I did! This pharmacy is amazing, from the warm, knowledgeable owners and employees, to the robotic inventory management and healthcare products. I live that they are able to provide pre-measured medication packages to nursing homes. Thanks for the effort this took and for the excellent editing.
I loved this video. I could understand everything without English subtitles! I've been in pharmacies in France, but they were never as big as this one. Very impressive! Thank you, Diane, for a great video :)
Incredible pharmacy. The building is beautiful, inside and out. Mr. and Mrs. Habib definitely have their act together! Shocking price comparisons for prescription drugs. Great video, Diane!
Merci Diane ! Je n'avais jamais vu travailler ce genre de robot, moi non plus. Le plus fantastique, je trouve, c'est le choix de l'emplacement de rangement pour optimiser la place. Il mesure la taille de la boîte... ce qui implique qu'il connaisse aussi la taille des places libres !! Cela me rappelle bigrement la gestion de la mémoire dans un ordinateur ! Evidemment il doit y avoir aussi une base de données pour qu'il puisse retrouver chaque type de produit.
Merci Diane et a toute l'équipe de la Pharmacie des Calins. Great video, this is what a pharmacy should be offering. No chips, food, toys etc. Cheers from Quebec, Canada.
What an insightful video! I see what you mean about it being the best pharmacy in France 😳 I'd love to take a stroll through their parapharmacie aisles for a good chunk of time... Thanks for another high-quality and informative video, Diane, and all the time that went into it! ☺️
Awesome ! I’m learning the French language and was pleasantly surprised that you didn’t translate the conversations...I’m happy to learn my level of proficiency in the language is continuing to improve. I think your narration, in English, is enough for the non-French language enthusiast to get something out of your presentation. My vote is to keep it like this when practical.
Really interesting. Lots of the Pharmacies in France do not deviate from meds and are more like a clinic - so fresh and clean. I really get why this Pharmacy is a favourite - lucky you! It would be lovely if you could do more videos like this one.
Hi Diane, greetings from N.J. I loved this episode that was the best stocked pharmacy I ever laid eyes on and I used to work at a pharmacy so I know. Thank you for the suggestion to order from there, because I was hoping I could. Very professional video and voice over. Thanks to all at 'Calins' for their time. Merci
Annette writing, not Michael. I loved this video! I could spend hours wandering through there. I have had to go into French pharmacies for contact lens solution since you can't get it in markets like in the U.S. I never had any problems and the pharmacists were always quite helpful. Keep up the great videos!
I appreciate that they don’t have food/beverages inside. I’m clearly oblivious to my surroundings, so I am not always in tune with what’s around me but somethings just don’t quite mix 😂. I guess we really are about the convenience in America. Having it all in one 😅
OUTSTANDING! I use to love spending time in the beauty section. Heaven on earth. Thank you for pulling this all together and thank all the people at the pharmacy. Super informative!!🧑🏼🏫🧑🏼🏫❤️
What a beautifully made video! I am so impressed with the pharmacy as well as how you edited this so beautifully! Our Belgian pharmacies are quite similar, but this French pharmacy had some added benifits which makes it so special! Loved this. Thanks!
Cette vidéo est tellement géniale que je l'ai regardée deux fois. Le prix Epipen m'a vraiment surpris. Le robot est trop cool. J'étais technicien en pharmacie. Donc, le Medadom aurait été très utile !
Thank you for this one. Really interesting. I am not sure my small town pharmacy repurposes what I take back. I'll make sure to take my completed and surplus meds back to a bigger pharmacy. Loved seeing how the robot works and how clever that it can work out the best place to store it. I love that only pharmacists can own a pharmacy AND they can only own one.
Your video was great! Such a bright and clean pharmacie! Love the robot they have for assistance. As a nurse, I love the PDA packets they make up for nursing homes. I am sure the French nurses appreciate that. Also, the télé health option is great. I still love my small pharmacy in my village. Thanks for all the work that went into this video. Great job! ❤️
It's beautiful the2owner pharmacists gave u a tour! Love this! It's mostly this way Ireland but chains are springing up like Boots from the U.K. and Lloyds from Scotland ! I prefer the old pharmacist that's been in the community many years!! The big chains get u with the long opening hours. I find Mc Cabes best here Dublin as I think it's mix of2! They buy out and keep often the old owners but then have longer opening hours but they have best selection and cheapest and long opening hours and yes we have that flashing green x cross here also!!
I live in a small town (18000 people) in Normandy called "Vire Normandy". One of our pharmacies is nearly as equiped as this one (which is a wow model). Another realisation : there is a "Net" of pharmacies around our city (say the county as to compare) that can provide medications from their stock to any other pharmacy in about daytime. This, to optimise stocks on unusual medications...
Thanks, Diane! So good to hear all about the pharmacie. But what I really noticed is how POOR my French is! This is great practice...I also noted that having the lips covered with masks made it much harder. Grateful for the opportunity to listen and convert French to English. I love this type of content. Appreciate you! And I don't feel ripped off...I am thankful to have medical/pharmacy coverage at all. Many in this world are not so fortunate.
Oh yea, it's infinitely more difficult with the masks for sure. No context from facial expressions, muffled sounds, just HARD! Glad you enjoyed the video (and that you have insurance)!
Great! I just passed by on UA-cam to watch a video... I am a French expat living in Scandinavia since the 80th, but I originate from a little village from the "Maine et Loire" and in the "arrondissement of Cholet".... :-)
Independent 'compounding' pharmacies in Canada operate just like the French service. We also have 'pharmacare' (part of the National healthcare program) which reduces the cost of prescription drugs at point-of-sale. Pharmacies also dispense mixed-medication 'bubble packs' for seniors and disabled people.
The factory where they produce the snail products is about 20min from me. Favourite parapharmacy products are La Roche Posay and Nuxe. The pharmacy at our local supermarket also has the robo system.
Great video Diane! Your editing and camera work are getting better every day. For people that are unaware of turning on captions, they should be made aware they can also slow the video down.
Hi Natassia, we did in fact work on subtitles for both the English and French parts and they are there in the toolbar for those who would like to turn them on. ;-)
What a pristine pharmacy ! I could walk around in a store like that all day long. It was mind blowing to me on how they repurpose unused medication. Excellent video.
Merci!!! It's a truly beautiful place
What wonderful and kind people the owners and staff of your pharmacy are! Thank you to them and to you for this very informative presentation. 👏🏼
We are SO Ripped off in America for prescriptions - when my friend luggage lost & pills in it had to get a script & went to French Pharmacy - USA $55 France $8 - same manufacturer same brand same dosage.
My husband left for a trip to Germany and didn't realize he was going to be there fro two weeks instead of one. He is diabetic and so he went to a German pharmacy with is script bottles explained the situation. He was paying about $200 a month even with our copay. He paid full retail price and received in Germany ....and the pharmacy sold him 3 months worth of medicine all blister packed except for insulin of course for 80 Euros. We were shocked! yes we need to reform so much here pertaining to drug costs.
Prescription in Scotland you pay nothing
Would be nice if you could buy prescriptions from this place and have it shipped. Probably still cheaper.
@@Nicole-mr8po At the US everything is about dollars in huge amount .....greedy companies loves to feed on the beast !
medication in USA is business while in europe it's for healthcare not business
This is truly fascinating because most of us, even French, have never been behind the scenes - thanks so much for posting!
Also, Pharmacie des câlins is the sweetest name ever :)
I love this. I used to be a pharmacy tech in the US, and I'm jealous of this pharmacy. Esp the dispensing. An entire box! No counting! Wow! They have it SO easy! Makes me almost want to pack up and move to France, but then I remember that I don't speak French. :(
Come, we speak english!
I love the name "Pharmacie des calins" Hugs Pharmacy. Gimme hugs, not drugs! Also I notice that the building is apparently where "bains-Douches" used to be for people who didn't have anywhere else to take a bath or shower decades ago. Finally, excellent job on the closed captioning!
I'm French and live in France, but I found this video very interesting and instructive.
Thank you for this great video
Not only medications is cheaper but reimbursed as well.
no, but we have "generic medication"
less expansive
i hope you understand "my english"..!!
Yes generics are cheaper and more and more common, but we generally keep the "branded" available in pharmacy, with a extra fee that is reimbursed only if your body didn't tolerate the generic at the first take (or if your dedicated Doc asked for the branded with justifications).
Of course generics are better reimbursed.
Love this video Diane. It was very kind of the family to let you film in their pharmacy. Amazing place. I love the robot system, makes things much easier.
I KNOW that robot! Same robotic arms we use in IBM data tape storage 'libraries'.
Gotta watch-out if you power-down while active. One of OURS threw a tape cartridge at me and wiped-out an entire door of plastic slots!
Vive la pharmacie française! I so wish we had this kind of service in the US. I absolutely love the recycled medicines going to economically stressed areas.
Next time we go to France, we need to go into a pharmacy. We just didn't have time. So amazing what is available there and how highly trained and informed everyone is ❤️
***SUBTITLES IN FRENCH & ENGLISH AVAILABLE IN YOUR SETTINGS! TURN 'EM ON!***
Time for a French pharmacy tour! I'm taking you behind the scenes in this video! It's the video I'm the most proud of since the pandemic started, so if you enjoy it, please give it a thumbs up, leave a comment and share it with someone who might find it interesting. All of that helps support my channel for free. ;-) From start to finish, the production time was about 20 hours, so I'd really appreciate your support with this one. THANK YOU for being here.
Great video!!! They are so nice and so ahead of the game!!!
Thanks !💜 hope you’re having a wonderful day!
I love that they don't waste any of their meds. The "recycling" program is so smart. Such an informative video.
I love going into European pharmacies. This place looks super cool, would love to go in there.
Love this video…..I’m going to visit a pharmacy the next time I’m in France. Love hearing the French language. They do speak a ‘bit’ faster than Duolingo !!!
Excellent video! Coming from Europe, I was shocked when I first visited a pharmacy in the US and found such a large selection of non-pharmaceutical products there…..including some very unhealthy ones! As a healthcare professional, I should point out that robotic dispensing systems and individual packaging of medications are commonplace in hospital pharmacies in western countries. Most people would not be aware of this.
Late to the party here! My son and his family live in France so I spend a lot of time there. All pharmacies are pristine clean and good advice. I do speak good french which helps but my daughter in law is Belgian so help I I ever needed it!
Here in the UK pharmacists are similar. Give advice and vaccinations.
How wonderful. Love the little privaate tele-med room, with the various devices hooked up to the machine, for the doctor to read via computer. Oh how I wish the US would do things the French way when it comes to health. (when it comes to many things). Thank you, Diane. Another winning video! And the humanitarian aspect of returning medicines you won't use!!! Fabulous idea!!!
'Tele-med': Saw that technology decades ago used in the outback of Oz. Seen it on 'Beyond 2000' out of Brisbane.
I am just now seeing this video, and all I can say is, WOW! So impressive and so far ahead of how things are run in pharmacies here in the U.S. (and the pharmaceutical industry in general). Also, with worldwide doctor shortages, I love that the French people are progressive thinkers in allowing "boo-boo" treatment and tele-med appointments to ease the burden of less serious calls on doctors' offices. C'est super!
Thank you Diane for this wonderful new "behind the scene “.
I never seen this system with robotic arms in a pharmaceutical store before.
My pharmacy in Ile-de-France isn’t that’s well equipped ! The lab techs grab the prescriptions boxes with their hands and put them in a tray before they give them to us.
And I love the name too. I would love receive some "calins" when I am sick... 😬
Glad you enjoyed it! So funny about the name, right? I love it. Just the name of the quartier but I love how it doubles as hugs. ;-)
Here in the u.s.a. we are being screwed by the prices we must pay for meds. WHAT A RIP OFF!
The robots delivering the medicine boxes are more and more common now in France. In medium and big cities I'd say a third of pharmacies have it now. I've been to a lit of pharmacies in a number of cities, so I have a pretty good idea about it.
Generally, french pharmacies are very good
C'est drôle, Monsieur et Madame Bien Aimé (= Habib) travaillent à la pharmacie des Câlins !!
I work as a pharmacy tech in the US, for cvs, and this is amazing to see. I wish we had a system to repurpose medications people don't finish - so long as they aren't expired. I love that the medications don't go to waste. I've had people pick up medication, find they have a reaction to it or something they don't need is filled, and we can't take back medications .So they put it in the bin we have for collections...and it's just destroyed. I also like that they give you the box from the company that makes the medications. Here things come in massive bottles, 500 count...1,000 count...ect. So we can't just give over stock bottles typically. I don't mind how we put labels, with printed directions, onto the bottles/boxes/ect that we give out. But having personal information isn't needed really. So many thigns I like about how they do things in France, especially how it's not also a grocerystore,does your pictures, and other things.
Pharmacies are my favorite places to shop when I am in Europe, so this is the BEST vlog I have seen in a long time. Makes me want to get on a plane and shop there!
Mad respect for the pharmacy setup.
I am late to this party, but my husband is a retired pharmacist in the U.S. and we both found this fascinating! Thank you.
Glad you both enjoyed it. Thank you!
Thank you, Diane. Also, thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Habib for allowing you to show us their beautiful and amazing pharmacy behind the scenes! I wish we had this system in the U.S. and robot too. Merci! See you soon, France!
That was vraiment époustouflant. I’’ve been in many French pharmacies but this one was incredible! Great video Diane!
I love French pharmacies and buying products there (Bioderma, Caudalie, Nuxe, Avene etc) -- they are far less expensive there than what you pay for those brands in the US & Canada.
What a fun visit! I am enuf of a fossil to recall when US pharmacies were organized quite like French pharmacies of today -- owner-operated and filled with only medicines and, most importantly, the health and beauty products that my elementary and middle school friends and I would spend hours contemplating ... 'which shampoo should I try this week, strawberry or peach?' 'should we get started with that wrinkle cream this year?' Modern US pharms morphing into convenience stores has some advantages but IMHO none of those advantages beats the atmosphere and offering of old school pharmacies!
oh, that's so sad that the US has lost this system :-O But why ?
Everyone in the pharmacy was so professional and the pharmacy was so clean. Excellent video. Merci
Glad you liked it!
I really like the way you can sneak into such amazing places like a pharmacy, a bakery or a chocolaterie ! Thank you for this tour behind the scene
Glad you enjoyed the videos!
Wow, you're right. That's a great pharmacy! We have been pleasantly surprised by the low cost of our prescription drugs here in France.
Yup, it's such a relief to not be stressed about medication and healthcare costs.
You did not mention that the word “calin” means “hug” or “cuddle” - a great name for a pharmacy!
C’est sympa d’avoir pris le temps de nous donner un tour de votre merveilleuse pharmacie. Et les pharmaciens sont trop gentils! Merci.
Salut 👋🏻, Diane. I haven’t taught English in France for 20 years this year. You’re giving me nostalgia. 🤔😐🇺🇸
Thanks, Diane and Tom for the video and the translations. Thanks to the Habibs and the staff as well. What an amazing documentary of their operations. I was thoroughly engrossed and didn't want it to end!
Glad you enjoyed it, Fran. Thank you!!
I was so entranced with this video. The automation and forward-thinking of their pharmacy design is quite exciting. I always enjoy visiting pharmacies and have this one marked on Google maps. It was so kind of them to share all of this with you and with us and I can’t wait to visit. I will look at some items online to see about shipping them. I had missed about turning on subtitles till after I watched it but their French was slow enough that I could understand a lot of what they said. Thanks, Diane. A stellar video!
Wow, they ship abroad? Does that mean Americans can get meds from France. The pharmacy is very impressive. Great video again, Diane.
Hi there, yes they ship worldwide, non prescription products I believe, but check with them to be sure! Thanks for watching!
Only non prescriptions products
Order prescription and over-the-counter medication from Canada. Shipping is way cheaper and delivery is fast.
@@femalism1715 do you give name of pharmacy in Canada & also will they take US Dr prescription
@@roblaw5807 Do a google search for ANY pharmacy that is close to the border in whatever state you reside. Even the chain pharmacies (Shoppers Drug Mart for example) take US prescriptions if you order/refill online.
Beautiful. They have EVERYTHING.
Votre vidéo sur la "pharmacie des câlins" est tout simplement géniale. Je vis à Orléans et je ne pense pas que nous ayons ce genre de pharmacie aussi moderne. Toute l'équipe est charmante et intéressante à écouter. Un grand merci à tous.
Great job, Diane! Very informative. I've lived in France for two years now but never knew how unused medicine is repurposed. Fantastic.
Un très grand merci à la pharmacie des Calins pour cette visite des coulisses!!
This video is excellent! I definitely would give this a 20 on the university scale. I will try and share this with my LinkedIn colleagues; much of the technology has been adopted in the US but it is at one or 2 centralized locations and not accessible to pedestrian traffic. Very refreshing that pharmacists can spend more time with consults with patients and docs and do MTM (Medication Therapy Management) instead of telling people where the diet soda is.
Pharmacie des Câlins :- ) On se fait la bise pour se dire "Bonjour" en rentrant ?
Awesome Diane! I so with our pharmacies here were modeled on European pharmacies. On one of my visits to France I needed a little medical attention (nothing serious just huge blisters in my feet from walking) and I went into a pharmacy in Nancy, FR and even though they didn't speak much English they were very helpful. I tried in French to ask for a "bandage for my ampoule" and believe it or not they figured it out! I am sure they had a good laugh but they were so helpful!
What a fascinating video. The pharmacy is beautiful as well as efficient. The professionalism and efficiency is impressive. They seem to put the patient first and use technology in service of excellence.
Merci Diane, j'apprends en tant que Français sur nos différences et c'est sympa !
Absolutely facinating.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Just wow! Love their pharmacy and the way they are running it. Fell in love with their medicine recycling system. Thank-you for taking us with you. Kerry from Australia.
My pleasure! Thanks for watching
Hi Diane- I came to watch this video after reading your 2021 year end blog. I'm so glad I did! This pharmacy is amazing, from the warm, knowledgeable owners and employees, to the robotic inventory management and healthcare products. I live that they are able to provide pre-measured medication packages to nursing homes. Thanks for the effort this took and for the excellent editing.
You are so welcome! Thanks for taking the time to watch this one!!
I loved this video. I could understand everything without English subtitles! I've been in pharmacies in France, but they were never as big as this one. Very impressive! Thank you, Diane, for a great video :)
You're very welcome, Sandra!
Incredible pharmacy. The building is beautiful, inside and out. Mr. and Mrs. Habib definitely have their act together! Shocking price comparisons for prescription drugs. Great video, Diane!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
Our 2020 French vacation was canceled and just learned a few days ago 2021 is cancelled also. Here´s hoping for 2022!
What month were you planning for 2021?
Oh no, I"m sorry! Hope 2022 is the magic year then ;-)
@@marciaricksgers2018 May
Merci Diane ! Je n'avais jamais vu travailler ce genre de robot, moi non plus. Le plus fantastique, je trouve, c'est le choix de l'emplacement de rangement pour optimiser la place. Il mesure la taille de la boîte... ce qui implique qu'il connaisse aussi la taille des places libres !! Cela me rappelle bigrement la gestion de la mémoire dans un ordinateur ! Evidemment il doit y avoir aussi une base de données pour qu'il puisse retrouver chaque type de produit.
Merci pharmacie de câlins 🥰 pour le temps les pharmacien(ne)s ont pris d’expliquer les processus de distribuer les médicaments 💊
As a french, I had never seen this bts before. Huge thanks, and... wow this is such a great pharmacy, they are not common !
Merci Diane et a toute l'équipe de la Pharmacie des Calins. Great video, this is what a pharmacy should be offering. No chips, food, toys etc. Cheers from Quebec, Canada.
What an insightful video! I see what you mean about it being the best pharmacy in France 😳 I'd love to take a stroll through their parapharmacie aisles for a good chunk of time... Thanks for another high-quality and informative video, Diane, and all the time that went into it! ☺️
Awesome ! I’m learning the French language and was pleasantly surprised that you didn’t translate the conversations...I’m happy to learn my level of proficiency in the language is continuing to improve. I think your narration, in English, is enough for the non-French language enthusiast to get something out of your presentation. My vote is to keep it like this when practical.
Hi Gary, I never dub anything but we did subtitles for French and English that can be turned on in the toolbar ;-) Glad you enjoyed it!
@@OuiInFrance lol! Using UA-cam all these year and didn’t know that ! TY
Really interesting. Lots of the Pharmacies in France do not deviate from meds and are more like a clinic - so fresh and clean. I really get why this Pharmacy is a favourite - lucky you! It would be lovely if you could do more videos like this one.
I absolutely will if the video performs well! So glad you enjoyed it. ;-)
Wow! What a very interesting video. It felt like I was on a very informational field trip. Thank You.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow, this was incredible!
Hi Diane, greetings from N.J. I loved this episode that was the best stocked pharmacy I ever laid eyes on and I used to work at a pharmacy so I know. Thank you for the suggestion to order from there, because I was hoping I could. Very professional video and voice over. Thanks to all at 'Calins' for their time. Merci
Thanks Bill, so happy you enjoyed the video and the production. ;-)
This is the most impressive and beautiful pharmacy I have ever seen. You are so lucky to have it near you.
A great video. The price comparison was interesting but my favorite was the use of robotics. Thanks Diane!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Annette writing, not Michael. I loved this video! I could spend hours wandering through there. I have had to go into French pharmacies for contact lens solution since you can't get it in markets like in the U.S. I never had any problems and the pharmacists were always quite helpful. Keep up the great videos!
I appreciate that they don’t have food/beverages inside. I’m clearly oblivious to my surroundings, so I am not always in tune with what’s around me but somethings just don’t quite mix 😂.
I guess we really are about the convenience in America. Having it all in one 😅
A beautiful and efficient pharmacy. I was amazed with the robotics!
Me too! It's an incredible system!
OUTSTANDING! I use to love spending time in the beauty section. Heaven on earth. Thank you for pulling this all together and thank all the people at the pharmacy. Super informative!!🧑🏼🏫🧑🏼🏫❤️
You are so welcome! Glad you enjoyed it!
Pharmacie des Calins was truly impressive...as is your videography, Diane. I really enjoyed your tour, wish I lived closer to Cholet! Merci, Diane.
It's a well equiped pharmacie. Not all are the same. Fantastic robot.
Great video, Diane! Very informative and interesting. And loved listening to the French and trying to remember it!
I laughed the first time I came to Europe and saw the green crosses because here in the US that means it's a weed shop😂
What a beautifully made video! I am so impressed with the pharmacy as well as how you edited this so beautifully! Our Belgian pharmacies are quite similar, but this French pharmacy had some added benifits which makes it so special! Loved this. Thanks!
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it ;-)
I really love go to Europe and visit specially Paris long tower in Paris
France 🇲🇫 = Class
Cette vidéo est tellement géniale que je l'ai regardée deux fois. Le prix Epipen m'a vraiment surpris. Le robot est trop cool. J'étais technicien en pharmacie. Donc, le Medadom aurait été très utile !
Thank you for this one. Really interesting. I am not sure my small town pharmacy repurposes what I take back. I'll make sure to take my completed and surplus meds back to a bigger pharmacy. Loved seeing how the robot works and how clever that it can work out the best place to store it. I love that only pharmacists can own a pharmacy AND they can only own one.
Stunning pharmacy !!!
It really is!
Your video was great! Such a bright and clean pharmacie! Love the robot they have for assistance. As a nurse, I love the PDA packets they make up for nursing homes. I am sure the French nurses appreciate that. Also, the télé health option is great.
I still love my small pharmacy in my village.
Thanks for all the work that went into this video. Great job! ❤️
It's beautiful the2owner pharmacists gave u a tour! Love this! It's mostly this way Ireland but chains are springing up like Boots from the U.K. and Lloyds from Scotland ! I prefer the old pharmacist that's been in the community many years!! The big chains get u with the long opening hours. I find Mc Cabes best here Dublin as I think it's mix of2! They buy out and keep often the old owners but then have longer opening hours but they have best selection and cheapest and long opening hours and yes we have that flashing green x cross here also!!
I live in a small town (18000 people) in Normandy called "Vire Normandy". One of our pharmacies is nearly as equiped as this one (which is a wow model).
Another realisation : there is a "Net" of pharmacies around our city (say the county as to compare) that can provide medications from their stock to any other pharmacy in about daytime. This, to optimise stocks on unusual medications...
Thanks, Diane! So good to hear all about the pharmacie. But what I really noticed is how POOR my French is! This is great practice...I also noted that having the lips covered with masks made it much harder. Grateful for the opportunity to listen and convert French to English. I love this type of content. Appreciate you! And I don't feel ripped off...I am thankful to have medical/pharmacy coverage at all. Many in this world are not so fortunate.
Oh yea, it's infinitely more difficult with the masks for sure. No context from facial expressions, muffled sounds, just HARD!
Glad you enjoyed the video (and that you have insurance)!
Great! I just passed by on UA-cam to watch a video... I am a French expat living in Scandinavia since the 80th, but I originate from a little village from the "Maine et Loire" and in the "arrondissement of Cholet".... :-)
Absolutely fascinating! Thank you for showing this.
My pleasure!
Thanks for this super video. I’m a pharmacist and I love how you presented our profession.
Jaime! Cest du vrai. Quelle decouvert!
Just watched again. Viewed it when you first released it. Love all your videos!
Great video Diane!
Thanks so much, Noel!
WOW, their automated system is so efficient.
Merci beaucoup! Loved this inside look (tour) of this beautiful pharmacy! I was wondering what one looks like.
Independent 'compounding' pharmacies in Canada operate just like the French service. We also have 'pharmacare' (part of the National healthcare program) which reduces the cost of prescription drugs at point-of-sale. Pharmacies also dispense mixed-medication 'bubble packs' for seniors and disabled people.
Thank you so much for the info ❤❤ looking to visit Paris in October for sure I’ll look for that body oil Nuxe ❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏
The factory where they produce the snail products is about 20min from me. Favourite parapharmacy products are La Roche Posay and Nuxe. The pharmacy at our local supermarket also has the robo system.
Very interesting, thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Très cool.
Great video Diane! Your editing and camera work are getting better every day. For people that are unaware of turning on captions, they should be made aware they can also slow the video down.
Thankyou for presenting this without subtitles!
Hi Natassia, we did in fact work on subtitles for both the English and French parts and they are there in the toolbar for those who would like to turn them on. ;-)
sometime, maybe the covid or affluence day.. dentist can mail your pharna an precription and it s very cool
Very informative, nicely done.
Glad you enjoyed it! Merci ;-)
Ok, I need to get my hands on that Nuxe monoi oil! 🌴♥️