County Medical Care Services Opens Pharmacy for Most Vulnerable Neighbors in South Bay
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The County of San Diego’s newest pharmacy, and first in South County, opened this week at the South Region Live Well Center in Chula Vista.
The new pharmacy is not open to the general public. Instead, it will serve patients of County clinics, primarily providing medication to prevent the spread of communicable diseases.
“Opening this pharmacy helps patients scale the transportation and financial barriers that could otherwise prevent them from healing and gives them the opportunity to live well,” said Dr. Emily Do, Chief Pharmacy Officer with County Medical Care Services.
The Oxford Pharmacy is expected to serve more than 1,600 patients annually for their medication needs.
The Oxford pharmacy is one of four County run pharmacies serving the region and providing services to about 12,000 people annually. Edgemoor Hospital in Santee has a pharmacy for its residents and the Psychiatric Hospital of San Diego County in the Midway District has two pharmacies, one to serve patients admitted to the hospital and the other for outgoing patients.
Dr. Do said the Oxford pharmacy is an exciting step in MCS’s growth to serve San Diegans and is just the beginning with a mobile pharmacy and a centrally located pharmacy on the horizon.