Pharmacy owner concerned with awarding of tenders
The owner of the Cut Knife and Turtleford Pharmacy is hoping to rally the community together in wake of the Prairie North Health Region’s recent decision to award tenders for the contract of packaging and distribution of daily prescription drugs to a provider from outside the communities.
Dana Karlson said his pharmacies have been providing the services in the area for several years however that will end when the current contract expires on Oct. 31.
“It’s a huge area of concern for the communities,” Karlson said. “With the demographic of both Cut Knife and Turtleford it’s pretty important to keep those services in the areas.”
Karlson added packaging and distribution of prescription drugs to the area nursing homes has been an important component for his business. He said that on top of the pharmacies being a local job provider, it also has the ability to change the necessary prescriptions being packaged on a day to day basis as well as deal with any emergencies.