Grand re-opening of the pharmacy...Board of Directors hold doors open

November meeting KVHD Board of Directors:

They looked out over the audience and wondered "who are these people?"

The KVHD board of directors, not used to seeing traffic to the microphone, were inundated with comments regarding the Mt. Mesa Clinical Pharmacy.

Now known by me, as the Kern Valley Public thrift store District, as the thrift store is supply many of the upgrades being done throughout the hospital.

The "jewel" of the district, according to Chet Beedle, KVHD CFO, is the Rural Health Clinic, making money, and getting new equipment, and I've heard there's even new cabinets. Wow, that will make them better over there (complete sarcasm here in case you think I'm being serious).

I don't know how that's going to help the services, but we are obviously pushing money over there, while the pharmacy sees cuts in staffing and no plan for bringing the pharmacy back in black.

But the public wanted to know why. Yes, telling them it's staying open is one thing, supplying the products, the customer service, that's a whole other story...

KVHD Board Chairwoman, Kay Knight, last month haulted the closure of the pharmacy, as she and three other board members voted to look again at the financial figures, citing the importance to having access to prescriptions on the south side of the lake.

As board members heard the sounds of voices, more than one, mine, at the last meeting. The importance of taking care of people here in the valley was the talk of the meeting. Victoria Alwin, Secretary of the board, pictured here, to the left.

Dr. Robert Gross, DO, look left, handled most of the questions regarding medications being asked by some audience members. Dr. Gross was thanked by an audience member for helping out in a situation where she could not get another doctor to listen.

CEO, Tim McGlew, pictured here trying to talk over a snoaring Bob Jamison, who made his point to shut down the pharmacy at the Oct. meeting, McGlew announced that they will give the pharmacy another try.

But what are we going to try and do? Just see what happens or get some of the money going to rural hellth clinic and move it into the pharmacy, that's what I would do.

Jamison is on the radio right now, "buy local." Well that's what we're going to have to do now. Shop local at the pharmacy if you're over here on the south side, make sure to stop by.

(Bob are you going to buy local. BOBBBBB????)