Medi-Market Makes Rebound in Huy with New Location in CHRH Shopping Mall

2023-09-07 15:52:00

Rebound in the file of the installation of a Medi-Market in Huy. After being refused the permit from the Walloon Region to transform the former JBC commercial area in the Ben-Ahin zone, the chain decided to set its sights on the CHRH shopping mall. “At the end of October, we will occupy a space of 80m2″confirms Louise Hottat, communications manager for the channel.

Medi-Market, which, according to our information, has been thinking regarding this fallback solution for some time now, will indeed take possession of the cells which were occupied by a bookstore and a hairdressing salon. Visitors to the hospital will also have noticed the stickers affixed to the windows announcing the next opening and the hiring of staff. “We are going to hire more or less six people. We are looking for different types of profiles: naturopaths, dietitians, beauticians, pharmacists, pharma assistants, managers, etc. It is a small point of sale but this Medi-Market will nevertheless offer an extremely complete assortment. If a customer cannot find his product, he can always order it online and have it delivered to the store.”

Only a funeral director cannot set up in the hospital

Given the recent outcry of Hutois pharmacists in relation to the Ben-Ahinois project, might the CHRH have refused the arrival of Medi-Market within its walls? “Non, retorts the director of the CHRH, Jean-François Ronveaux. A few years ago, we signed a 27-year agreement with a Hesbignon real estate company that manages the surfaces of the gallery. Almost any type of business can set up there, with the exception of a funeral company, as mentioned in the agreement.

The City, which had given a negative opinion in the context of the first project, takes note of the upcoming arrival of Medi-Market. “We are legalistic and do not have the power to oppose it, slips the acting mayor Éric Dosogne. I simply note that this is a smaller project.”

On the side of the Hutois pharmacists who had launched the petition, it is time for astonishment. “We assume that it will indeed be a parapharmacy, because a dispensary pharmacy cannot, by law, set up in a hospital”says Clarisse Vanvolsem, head of Pharmavrai, in the city center.

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