Poole’s Pharmacy Opening Monday
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By Dave Taylor
As of Monday Hancock County will no longer be one of two counties in the state without a pharmacy when Poole’s Pharmacy Care finally opens its doors to the public.
The pharmacy, located at 8180 Highway 60 West in the former Gipe Automotive building, was announced in August to fill the void left when Fred’s Pharmacy closed suddenly.
“Did I think I could get it done a lot quicker? Yes, you betcha,” said Ron Poole, the owner of the Lewisport location as well as four others.
The booming economy and no shortage of work meant he had difficulty finding local contractors who were available.
“Nobody could get to me before three months and then some people was longer,” he said.
But he got a crew and they got to work, transforming a longtime auto parts store into a fresh pharmacy, which came with a few surprises.
“We found all 1966 Coke, Pepsi and Falls Tav cans. They were tin cans, the old pull-top type,” he said. “And an old Chevron oil can, all in the walls.”
Construction workers had apparently tossed the cans into the wall cavities during construction, where they stayed sealed up for decades until the building got a new lease on life.
“(That) told us that even though it’s not on the deed, it was built in ’66 because we actually had somebody verify that,” he said.
They also found other items of interest to automotive types.
“(And) ‘72 Impala fenders, if anybody needs a ’72 Impala fender,” said Lisa Poole, Ron’s wife.
With opening day looming, they’re excited to bring new offerings to the county and a hometown way of helping customers.
“The very first thing we’ll be doing is working hard to get everybody’s transfers from everywhere else,” he said. “Hopefully that’s going to keep growing and growing and growing over the course of two to three months, getting people to get back in the county.”
Starting from day one they’ll offer things that weren’t available before, like delivery, as well as ways to make living with medications easier, like compliance packaging, where the pills are packaged in a way that makes it clear what is to be taken when.
“It’s in a multi-dose package to where somebody can just pick up one or two packs for the morning and get on with their day. It’s dated and it tells you what time of day to take it,” he said. “That service really helps to keep people out of the hospital, helps keep them from being admitted in a nursing home because they can still manage their medicine at home.”
They’ll also offer medication therapy management, to help customers know what they need to take and even how to pay for it, as well as other services like compounding, which will be delivered from their Owensboro store.
Wheelchairs, beds and other medical devices will be available as well, along with an extensive over the counter selection and items like Mile Marker 5 CBD and nutritional supplements.
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