CHEMISTS RUSHED

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21184, 6 August 1940, Page 2

CHEMISTS RUSHED

FEWER ASSISTANTS PUBLIC AND PRESCRIPTION (By TelegTarh.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Monday Because of enlistments in the armed forces by qualified chemists and pharmacy assistants, difficulty is being experienced in some cases in coping with dispensing work at rush hours. This is disclosed in a report received by the Minister of Industries and Commerce, the Hon. D. G. Sullivan, from the Pharmacy Plan Industrial Committee. “It is customary to dispense prescriptions in the order received over the counter,” states the report, “but ic may soon be necessary for a chemist to exercise some discretion as to which prescriptions in his opinion call for prior attention. The public could assist by leaving prescriptions as early as possible, particularly where it is a case of repeating a prescription already dispensed. If people would ring their chemist and notify him of their intention to call, say, on the following day, it would give the chemist an opportunity to spread the work over slack periods.” Mr Sullivan said he felt sure it was only necessary to draw attention to the committee’s statement to secure the ready co-operation of the public.