The following is a quote from Chapter 21 of The Language of Medicine:
"In Europe and many parts of Africa, a pharmacist is called a chemist and takes the role of a physician for minor disorders. Patients go directly to the "chemist's shop," describe their symptoms, and the chemist is authorized to diagnose and prescribe—and then dispense—drugs."
Is this accurate? If so, I find it quite interesting.
@Dave Sutton - I just heard about the record heat and wildfires in the UK. Do you have AC? Being from the US, I cannot imagine places without it, but apparently many homes in the UK don't have it. I'm sure other parts of Europe are the same way because temperatures have been much more moderate in the previous decades.
I'm 75 and fairly lucky health wise. I walk a couple of miles every day early morning.
Chemists here have a pharmacy department and because of Covid and Doctors being overworked the pharmacist is now being used a lot more for minor illnesses. My local chemist have a small consulting room that is used by the pharmacist. I have not had the pleasure of using it yet, and it has been years since I have seen a doctor., although I have a regular INR check by a nurse in the local medical centre. I check my own blood pressure.
I'm doing OK. I'm 72 and need to remember to keep myself fit as much as possible. I don't like going for walks much but I must keep doing that. I ate too much ice cream just now and that's something I should not do.
Not much in downtown LA that I can think of at the moment. There is the Walt Disney Concert Hall.