Maine Monitor: Shortage of pharmacists leaving customers in peril
By Emily Bader, The Maine Monitor October 22, 2023 With pharmacists around the country walking off the job or threatening to do so, Maine pharmacies have experienced sudden closures, infrequent hours and frustration from customers who say they’re unreliable. Over the past several weeks, employees at Walgreens and CVS, the nation’s two largest pharmacy chains, staged walkouts or did not show up for work to protest what organizers told The Washington Post are conditions that threaten the safety of employees and patients. The walkouts show pharmacists feel “safety is so compromised that it’s actually better to not open the pharmacy,”
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