Pharmacy doesn't exist even as a training course in Smogley

[inge]

Is this intentional? I can understand that no patients may need a pharmacy but it seems a bit odd if it's not even an available course.

[OldGamer]

I am not sure you get pharmacy patients in smogley. I got mostly ward+surgery+head cases.

Maybe they take it off therefore?
But quite frankly, and to be honest with you, I never tried pharmacy on that level.

[Freiya]

I confirm there is no illness at all requiring a pharmacy in Smogley, that's why. Therefore, it's not a bad idea to just remove the training completely (and marketing campaign).

They could have removed the ability to build the room too but I guess this would have been more confusing not to see pharmacy in the list anymore.

[Montiness]

I think since it's focused on surgery (you need alot of space for them!) It is intentional as to give you enough room for them.

[inge]

Freiya, it's as confusing "not to see" pharmacy in the training list as it would be "not to see" it in the room list. :) I think they should have removed it from all lists at Smogley or none. As it stood, I had placed a pharmacy "just in case" a patient ever turned up and therefore I also wanted to train a nurse "just in case". So yeah, all or none would be better.

[chris.beet]

Whilst I agree it's a bit confusing, my top tip going forward into the campaign is never build a cure room until you know you need it. Not all diseases show up in all levels and some rooms will be a complete waste of money and space if you build them 'just in case'.

[inge]

In general I agree but i did this after the hospital had been going a good while and I had spare cash. I had just bought up the other plots and wanted to reserve space in my new layout without it looking awkward. The thing is I often refuse patients who want a particular room without taking much notice of what they wanted in the first place so I couldn't be totally sure this was a 100% No Pharmacy hospital or just "very little pharmacy and I haven't noticed"

[lechuck1]

i think its dumb they limit us to certain rooms etc per map.. i mean what hospital doenst have a pharmacy?

[Howru]

It's better to have Nurse with Treatment 5, than Pharmacy+Treatment 4.
Because such Nurse could work in all treatment rooms - Injection, Surgery, Dehumorizators, etc.

10% difference doesn't matter than much. You already have +100% treatment from machine upgrades and +50% just from levelups.

So it's 210% treatment vs 220% treatment. Not a big deal.

[OldGamer]

Originally posted by Howru:

It's better to have Nurse with Treatment 5, than Pharmacy+Treatment 4.
Because such Nurse could work in all treatment rooms - Injection, Surgery, Dehumorizators, etc.

10% difference doesn't matter than much. You already have +100% treatment from machine upgrades and +50% just from levelups.

So it's 210% treatment vs 220% treatment. Not a big deal.

The point though is specialisation not neccessarily the percentage.
If you still only have general nurses running around in a profitable hospital, you must have a low cure rate.

[Nightwolfnl]

Originally posted by Howru:

It's better to have Nurse with Treatment 5, than Pharmacy+Treatment 4.
Because such Nurse could work in all treatment rooms - Injection, Surgery, Dehumorizators, etc.

10% difference doesn't matter than much. You already have +100% treatment from machine upgrades and +50% just from levelups.

So it's 210% treatment vs 220% treatment. Not a big deal.

I have to kindly disagree with this but I respect that playstyle. I like to have 2 specialized nurses per pharmacy. Also it's better to maximize the patient's meters (staff skill, upgraded machines and whatever the third one was again, I forgot). As long as not everything is upgraded, I found that more patients die like this versus everything maximized.

But that's just me. :)

[Realty13]

I built a Pharmacy in Smogley and when I finally figured out it was not needed I quickly replaced it with a GP office.

If a room has a specialty then I will usually train staff for that room and only let them work there.