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‘CHC pharmacy remains open’
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Posted on Sep 02 2008
Reports that the Commonwealth Health Center’s in-house pharmacy is closed are false, CHC legal counsel Alex Gorman said yesterday.
“I don’t know where that’s coming from. It’s not true,” he said.
The pharmacy has been closed during the last few weekends but remains open during the week with one pharmacist, he said.
“The Administration is aware of the problem” and is working to correct it, Gorman said.
CHC is currently working on a contract for a part-time pharmacist to work on the weekends, he added.
For now, Gorman said, workers try to anticipate the needs for the weekend and mix the necessary drugs ahead of time.
It’s not an ideal situation, he said, but they are making do.
“It’s always better to have the pharmacy open,” he said. “At this point, things are adequate. That’s the best word I can come up with.”
A private pharmacy, PHI Pharmacy, is also operating inside the hospital, located just at the main entrance of the building.
Gorman said reports that Public Health Secretary Joseph Kevin Villagomez was on leave were also false. He was in the office yesterday and last week, he added.
But reports that Joseph Santos resigned from the position of Deputy Secretary for Hospital Administration are correct, he said. Santos resigned for personal reasons; it has nothing to do with the administration, Gorman said.
John Flores is the current acting Secretary for Hospital Administration.
