05/27/2023
To our valued Granisle patients,
Giving the hardship in getting access to care , and having to drive or take the bus to the nearest clinic to you , we have been working hard on providing a solution to ease that hardship, and instead of you going to see the doctor, we are bringing the doctor to you
We have been negotiating with the leaders of virtual clinics in Canada for the past two months, and we are glad to announce that we signed with one of the leader companies in Canada to provide the service in Granisle. It hasn’t been easy giving the small population of the village of Granisle , at the same time we didn’t want to sign with a mediocre company, so we leveraged the fact that we own 4 pharmacies in Granisle, Southside , Liloet and our biggest pharmacy in Fort St.James . We did have to pay a little extra to make sure we get the service of one of the best companies in Canada in the Telemedicine field, and today we signed the contract.
What does this mean to you ?
This means that in the upcoming week to two weeks we will have a virtual clinic inside the pharmacy , the lead time to see a doctor is 1-3 hours depending on the doctors availability. The company has 100 doctors in Ontario and 12 doctors in BC , and they are working on increasing their roster of doctors in BC .
So for all of you struggling to see a doctor, rest assured, you will be in good hands , the more you use this free service, the better perks we will get out of this company. So we hope this will solve the problem of access to care and all you need to do is call the pharmacy and book the time that works for you within our business hours .
If we see a value and an increase in using the service and filling the prescription at our Granisle pharmacy, we will consider opening a fifth day on Friday ,
We are also considering opening the front store ( not the dispensary) on Saturdays during camping season and invest in more front store products.
Once we see a growth in the use of our Granisle pharmacy, we will be getting peripherals ( devices that link to the virtual device (screen) and help the doctor do a full physical check up like stethoscope , tongue depressor, otoscope ( device used to check the ear
, X-Ray , INR testing, A1C testing, Thyroxine levels texting and way more .
Please help us grow our business to help you get state of the art medical services… and we have more we
are working on to improve the quality of life in Granisle like an ATM machine (we are getting closer to providing one inside the pharmacy very soon .
We will let you know once the service of telemedicine takes off so you start booking for appointments and save yourself a costly and time consuming trips to the nearest doctor.
Thank you all for supporting your local pharmacy
Nurture Rx Group of Pharmacies
