Siti, an older caregiver from Indonesia, comes to refill her diabetes medicine.
Siti: Excuse me. I need more medicine, the same medicine, for my diabetes.
Sharon: You mean a prescription refill? Do you have your old prescription record?
Siti: Yes, here, from last month.
Sharon: Since it's a chronic disease medicine, you can refill without seeing the doctor today. Take this to the pharmacy counter with your NHI card.
Siti: I don't need to see the doctor?
Sharon: Not today — chronic prescriptions are valid for repeat refills. But please see Dr. Lin again next month for a check-up.
Siti: Okay, next month, I will remember.
Sharon: Great. Pharmacy is to your left.
Siti: Thank you very much.
| Key Vocabulary | 中文筆記 |
|---|---|
| prescription refill | 領慢性病連續處方箋 |
| chronic disease | 慢性病 |
| valid | 有效 |
| check-up | 回診／複診 |
| pharmacy | 藥局 |
Role-play this dialogue with a partner — one plays Sharon, one plays the patient. Then switch roles. What questions would you ask before refilling a prescription?
在幫病人領慢性病連續處方箋之前，你會問哪些問題？