Laboratory and pharmacy services improve Furquia's health facility efficiency "For the patient it's an added value because the patient does not stay for a long time waiting at the health unit. The patient comes, gets seen by the clinician and goes straight to the lab, where there is a dedicated person to provide the service. It is different from when it was only one person." Alice João Alice Since the arrival of the Mobile Clinic, a pharmacy and laboratory were introduced, and this has made a large impact on the efficiency of the Furquia health facility. This achievement was made possible through the support of the Mobile Clinic funded by Real Medicine and through FGH’s lab rehabilitation, technical support for the management of lab equipment and pharmacy medication, tests, and other supplies. According to Alice João Alice, who is responsible for Furquia's health facility, the opening of the pharmacy and laboratory "alleviated the pressure towards other services. Before the opening of the laboratory and the pharmacy, the clinician was the one that had to do everything. He was the pharmacist, the laboratory technician and a physician at the same time, carrying out lab analyses, examining patients and dispensing medications. That ended up being very tight for one person only. With the initiation of these two services there is a significant decongestion of patients’ flow. For the patient, it's an added value because the patient does not stay for a long time waiting at the health unit. The patient comes, gets seen by the clinician and goes straight to the lab, where there is a dedicated Alice João Alice seeing a patient