Fevers climb in the evening, and pain is worse once the house is quiet. Dr Kevin Navarro Gera consults by video until midnight every night, so the choice is not between waiting for morning and an emergency department.
After midnight
Consultations stop at midnight and start again at 8am. Between those hours anything urgent is for 112 or Mater Dei Emergency, and anything that can wait is seen from eight.
Medicine late at night
From June to the end of October Potter's Pharmacy in Paceville is open until midnight, Monday to Saturday, so a prescription written at eleven can be collected the same night.
From November to May the pharmacy closes at 8pm, and a late prescription is dispensed the next morning.
Sundays and public holidays follow the national pharmacy roster.
How a consultation works
- Open the app or the website and give your name and email once. There is no password to remember.
- Say in a line or two what is wrong. A photo often helps — a rash, a swelling, a test result.
- Call. Dr Kevin Navarro Gera answers within minutes when he is free; otherwise you wait in line and your phone rings at your turn.
- Anything he writes up afterwards reaches you in the app and by email, usually within minutes.
- The €25 is settled at Potter's Pharmacy when you collect. Nothing is taken from a card during the call.
What a consultation can cover
The same things a GP sees in a morning: a chest or urine infection, a rash, a migraine, food poisoning, an ear that will not clear, a repeat of something you already take.
Where the assessment supports it, the doctor writes a prescription, and any licensed Maltese pharmacy dispenses it. Where a consultation shows that someone is unfit for work or for an activity, he puts that in writing too. Both are clinical judgements reached during the consultation.
A screen is not enough for everything. A wound that needs stitching, a suspected fracture, chest pain, anything needing hands or equipment — the doctor says so during the call and sends you where you need to go.
Opening hours
Video consultations
8am to midnight, every day, all year.
The pharmacy and clinic door
June to 31 October: 8am to midnight.
November to May: 8am to 8pm.
Sundays and public holidays follow the national pharmacy roster.
Where to find us
Paceville Doctor, inside Potter's Pharmacy
39 Triq il-Wilga, St Julian's STJ 3112, Malta
+356 2136 3244
A few minutes from the Paceville square, and a short drive from Sliema, Swieqi and Gzira.
Common questions
Is there a night surcharge?
No. A consultation at 11pm costs the same €25 as one at 11am.
What is the latest I can call?
Midnight. For anything urgent after that, call 112 or go to Mater Dei Emergency.
Can I get a prescription filled at night?
In summer, at Potter's Pharmacy until midnight from Monday to Saturday. In winter pharmacies close earlier and it is dispensed the next morning.
When you need a doctor
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