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HEALTH CORNER La Clinic Du Corps – The Painless Choice By Stan Bishop Initially set up as a family business, La Clinic Du Corps has been in existence in Saint Lucia for more than twenty years. Ten years ago, however, its status was changed to that of a limited company. Specializing in pain management, La Clinic Du Corps offers patients the following services: pain relief, rehabilitation and therapeutic massages for chronic conditions (neck, arm, shoulder, upper and lower back and leg pain, muscle and sports injuries, arthritis). The clinic also offers general practice service and will soon offer specialty services not currently available in the Eastern Caribbean. The aim is to establish Saint Lucia as a medical hub for patients from the other OECS territories. Among the main goals at La Clinic Du Corps is providing quality care and connecting patients who need medical attention not available in Saint Lucia with overseas medical facilities, including in Margarita, Colombia. La Clinic Du Corps also has alliances with accredited international clinics which provide the best care depending on the nature of the patient’s illness. Patients benefit from the latest technologies in medical care available internationally -- all at affordable prices. Another of the clinic’s mandate is negotiating for specialist doctors in Saint Lucia, including in cases where the government might need specialists in the medical field. Through its wide international network of specialists, such resources can be sourced. While you are free to call and make an appointment, La Clinic Du Corps accepts referrals and caters to walk-ins. La Clinic Du Corps is now on the verge of forging an alliance with a hospital in Colombia to provide a medical air charter service for patients from Saint Lucia to visit the South American nation for treatment. In this arrangement, patients will present their medical report to La Clinic Du Corps which will in turn forward that information to Colombia, where an initial quotation will be made based on the information provided. Such a service is essential, as patients and their families know beforehand that there is a formal structure in place, including hospital and hotel arrangements being taken care of. Currently, La Clinic Du Corps organizes medical air charter service every two months. However, the clinic also arranges emergency service for those who need such service promptly. Aside from its Saint Lucian patients, La Clinic Du Corps attracts a large number of patients from the Caribbean as well as international tourists who visit the island. Patients benefit from various products available at reasonable prices in the in-house pharmacy that is an exclusive distributor for much of these products. The clinic also features its much-sought-after product, Pain Away. La Clinic Du Corps currently has a team of four: a pain management specialist, a generalist, a director, and a secretary. With one location in Saint Lucia – on High Street, Castries – future plans include expanding to other islands. HEALTH TIPS FORGIVING It really hurts when someone close betrays you. The pain can be deep and the wounds long lasting. People can wound one another many ways. Spouses can be unfaithful through affairs, pornographic addictions, and lying about finances. Words are spoken that crush one another’s spirit. These wounds often times turn into anger, bitterness, resentment and unforgiveness. They consume people from the inside like a cancer. God requires that we forgive one another. (Mark 11:26). See the video on forgiveness and diseases at www.slyoumag.com/forgiveness 78 SL-YOU | It’s All About Business www.slyoumag.com | September-October 2019 LA DU