Campus Pharmacy fuels cleanup effort

Campus Pharmacy has been assisting the flood relief efforts at The University of Queensland by providing much-needed food and fruit to the dedicated staff and volunteers helping with the cleanup.

With a BBQ setup at UQ Sport, Campus Pharmacy cooked and distributed more than 400 sausages between Monday, January 17 and Tuesday, January 18.

Pharmacist Tuyet Pham was joined on the grill by her husband Mike Sultan and niece Linh Esmail, a UQ pharmacy student.

“The community atmosphere has just been great,” Mr Sultan said.

“Many of the volunteers turned up with a shovel in their hand and were covered head-to-toe in mud.

“Our 11-year-old son was in charge of providing hand sanitiser before they were served a sausage!”

Mr Sultan said he and his wife had a strong connection with the University.

“Our relationship with this campus started when we were together in high school,” he said.

“We would ride our bicycles to the University to study in the library.

“We then went on to both become graduates of UQ.

“We loved this University so much we even got married on campus. Now we own the Campus Pharmacy.”

Campus Pharmacy opened its doors again today (Wednesday, January 19) for normal trade.

Media: Penny Robinson at UQ Communications (07 3365 9723, penny.robinson@uq.edu.au)