Healing, Service, Reverence for the Person, Respect for the Family, Commitment to the Poor: In the medical world today, these principles—asserted and upheld—can’t be taken for granted. Which makes the opening , yesterday, of Divine Mercy Care Pharmacy, noteworthy not just to the people of Chantilly, Virginia but also to the medical world.
The network of Catholic hospitals owned and largely staffed by religious congregations has dwindled, but Divine Mercy Care , a non-profit organization founded in 2000, is working through its Tepeyac Family Center and now its VA pharmacy to “bring the healing presence of Christ through health care.”
DMC Pharmacy aims to provide “superior pharmaceutical care—both traditional and clinical service—focusing on the individual in a family-oriented, pro-life environment, free of contraceptive products and anti-life messages,” said its managing pharmacist, Robert Semler. President of DMC, Dr. John Bruchalski, added: “Divine Mercy Care is values-based and consumer-driven. Neither patients nor professionals want to abandon their conscience while they seek medical care. We need to be professional, personal, and passionate about how we infuse our community with the love of Jesus Christ.”
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