What that means exactly....
Erdem is a part of a local pharmacists organization, if you will. They pay dues. They have a board of directors. The organization basically promotes their shared interests, legal and economic.
There are many little groups like these all throughout Turkey. Here in Taksim, Erdem belongs with about 10 other pharmacies.
Every night, one of these pharmacies must take "charge" which means they will stay open all night and continue to the next day. All of the other pharmacies post a bulletin on their doors informing patients which of the pharmacies will be on charge for that night.
Tonight happens to be our night. This all starts to hit around 7:30 pm since that is when all the pharmacies close and the patients start to re-direct to us. He will have help until about 11pm. Maybe one of the students will cover for the early morning hours and he says he might sleep in the back.
Somehow this policy is required as a legal thing. I want to ask him to explain on video exactly the logistics of why it came to be this way but basically if I understand correctly the hospital pharmacists close out-patient service at night. They only serve the in-patients and emergency. So there would be no way for anyone to get medicine during those hours. With the population as large as it is I can imagine that would become a public health issue.
Anyway I'm not staying. I ask if he needs any help as a courtesy and of course he says no.
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