Golden Care Pharmacy opening in March

A new outpatient service and revenue opportunity at Greater Niagara General Site is now underway. For the first time in Niagara, a retail pharmacy dispensary will fill medicine prescriptions for the public in a hospital environment.

Golden Care Pharmacy is an independent provider scheduled to open in March on the main floor near the front lobby at GNG. Golden Care Pharmacy best matched the requirements in a request for proposals issued in 2009.

Renovations are now underway for the new dispensary, being located in the former operating room and day surgery waiting room beside the Auxiliary Gift Shop. Both the Surgical program and the Auxiliary have been involved in the planning process, working together on the move of the current waiting area. Visitors and waiting family members are being accommodated in the nearby Ambulatory Care waiting area and lobby seating. Another change associated with this initiative is moving the GNGH Foundation donor wall closer to the front entrance, across from Tim Hortons.

It is important to note that the new dispensary will not sell any items currently available in the neighbouring Auxiliary Gift Shop. Golden Care Pharmacy will provide pharmaceutical items available in a regular retail dispensary, filling prescription orders and providing some over-the-counter medications.

The renovations won’t stop when the pharmacy opens. Plans are currently being finalized to bring in a third new vendor to the site’s main floor, in the area now vacated by the Whistle Stop Café. «