The Tribune

By YOURI KEMP

Tribune Business Reporter

ykemp@tribunemedia.net

Pharmacists say they are experiencing no problems fulfilling patient prescriptions despite the long queues and wait times following the Easter weekend lockdown.

Clinton McCartney, head pharmacist at McCartney’s Pharmacy, told Tribune Business: “We still have a lot of lines because it still takes a little while to prepare prescriptions. But we are taking it one by one and we are asking customers to be patient. Most of our customers are seniors anyway, but we are asking them to wait in the cars or drop it off and come back later.

“We are just asking people to be patient and we will try to accommodate everybody, but it just takes a little bit more patience. We will try to do the best we can to make everybody comfortable. Especially with the elderly people we try our best, but sometimes some people have four to ten different items and it takes a while, so just be patient.”

Deyar Knowles, head pharmacist at Centreville Pharmacy No.1, said: “Things are still busy and there is still a line outside. We are still limiting to a few persons in the store. It may taper off later in the week.”

Jorez Chisolm, head pharmacist at West Bay Friendly Pharmacy, added: “Lines are still long and people are still coming for medication consistently. We are trying to be here for as long as we can and for as much time as we can. There are no issues with handling senior citizens thus far. We are consistently serving people daily, and we have no problems on this end.”