Ten years without a pharmacist is dangerous

Jan 10, 2016 Letters

Dear Editor,
A well established business enterprise trading under the name of certain name in Region # 2 is operating without a qualified pharmacist which is in violation of the law. It is a compulsory requirement for the certificate of the pharmacist and a photograph of the person serving in this capacity to be placed in a conspicuous place on the premises for the purpose of dealing with prescriptions issued by a doctor.
Just a few days ago, I personally took a prescription from a Suddie Hospital doctor and requested to have a word with the pharmacist on an issue of interest to me. Much to my surprise, a young man who is the son of the proprietor informed me that for some ten years now this place has been functioning without a pharmacist. My enquiries as to how prescriptions from a doctor were being dealt with revealed that the staff was competent to do so but here is a situation where patients are being placed at a dangerous risk from the possibility of being provided with wrong drugs.
The relevant authority makes regular spot checks and for this malpractice to be recurring for almost a decade is most unacceptable when better needs to be done. While the proprietor is saving a lot of money by not having to pay for the services of a pharmacist he is doing an injustice to the society by endangering their health which is so ever important and needs to be protected at all times.
This presumptuous anomaly needs to be exterminated once and for all with the enforcement of the law. With thanks.
Lennox Jacobis

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