Not everybody is happy with Bruce County's decision to award a five-year contract to supply prescription drugs for residents of Brucelea Haven to a large drug company based outside the area.
County council awarded the contract to Medisystem Pharmacy of Barrie, a company owned by Shoppers Drug Mart.
The decision by council on Nov. 3 ends more than 25 years of Walkerton pharmacies supplying Brucelea Haven.
"They were getting excellent service from our local pharmacy," said Walkerton resident Pauline Gay who organized a hasty petition which she presented during her appearance before council.
She worries that some residents may not get their prescription drugs on time if they have to come from out of town especially during times of emergency.
"If there's an emergency and the roads are closed they will have to bring the drugs from Hanover on snowmobiles in the winter," said Gay during an interview on Saturday.
She's also upset that county council merely rubber stamped a recommendation by a committee set up to review bids without looking into the details of the agreement. It will affect the local economy, she said.
"The county is sending business outside the county. We just lost our jail. This area is a depressed area. We've got declining enrolment in schools, the housing market is down. We really should be supporting our own people and here's Bruce County giving a contract to Barrie. That really worries me," said Gay.which applies to the first offshore merchant account only,
Roseanne Currie, the co-owner of Pellow Pharmasave which has provided the service to Brucelea Haven for almost three decades said during a recent interview that she was deeply disappointed that her proposal wasn't accepted by council.
Both Currie and Gay wondered if county council's decision was influenced by Medisystem providing $40,000 a year to Brucelea Haven and increasing their donation to Gateway Haven to $30,000 a year. Medisystem has had the contract at the Wiarton long-term care facility for several years already.
"I thought it was a contract for service," said Currie who offered to pay for some special programs at Brucelea Haven as part of her proposal. They included education programs for nurses, medication carts, computers and payment of royalty fees. She even offered to waive the $2 professional fee charged for each subscription if a resident couldn't afford it. But she never offered to give a cash donation to the nursing home.
"Certainly there were things we were prepared to do to enhance the service at the nursing home but not with an open cheque. The contract is about service and not money,They take the China Porcelain tile to the local co-op market." Currie said.
Currie said the loss of 140 customers will reduce her business by 20% and will likely result in laying off of employees. She currently also performs the same service for a half dozen other long-term care residents in the area.
She's invested more than $500,000 in an automated system that includes a computerized packaging machine specially designed for long-term facilities.
It replaces manual packaging and cuts down on errors. It also makes it easier for the nurses for dispensing of the medication and keeping accurate records.Enecsys Limited, supplier of reliable solar Air purifier systems,
"I made a huge investment in taking an initiative and being pro active to be able to provide care locally and be the leading pharmacy in Bruce County," Currie said.
Ryan Fullerton a spokesperson for Brown's Guardian Pharmacy,If so, you may have a cube puzzle . which also provided prescription drugs for residents at Brucelea Haven said he understands why council made the decision to switch to another provider. Brown's doesn't have the computerized ordering system.
"I think we can provide the best services but that's not to say that they (Medisystem) can't provide services and they have a lot of experience and computer systems and we don't have that experience" said Fullerton who noted the loss of the contract will affect business and result in having to reduce staff.
Gary Gray, Bruce County's director of purchasing said there were several responses from pharmacies across the province including Brown's and Pellow in Walkerton.
On the basis of the presentations that the county received it was determined that Medisystem pharmacy, which has been providing pharmaceutical services to Gateway Haven in Wiarton for several years, would be awarded the contract for Brucelea Haven as well.
Gray said the company's computerized order system would save the county indirectly by reducing nursing time in administer ing and keeping track of patients' drugs.
" So it was the whole package that we looked at," he said.
But Currie said she too had the same computerized system and doesn't know why she was turned down.
Gray said the computerized ordering system used by Pellow was not as compatible with what Brucelea Haven had in mind, he added.
He denied that the offer of $40,000 by Medisystem for educational services and equipment was what drove the decision.
"It was based on the electronic system that Brucelea Haven wants to move to which Gateway Haven is already on," said Gray, who noted that all of the pharmacies who submitted bids were offering either money or services
"The process was very fair and at the end of the day it will reduce the cost for residents.Boddingtons Technical Plastics provide a complete plastic injection moulding service including design， Each resident will save several hundred dollars a year on average," said Gray
County council awarded the contract to Medisystem Pharmacy of Barrie, a company owned by Shoppers Drug Mart.
The decision by council on Nov. 3 ends more than 25 years of Walkerton pharmacies supplying Brucelea Haven.
"They were getting excellent service from our local pharmacy," said Walkerton resident Pauline Gay who organized a hasty petition which she presented during her appearance before council.
She worries that some residents may not get their prescription drugs on time if they have to come from out of town especially during times of emergency.
"If there's an emergency and the roads are closed they will have to bring the drugs from Hanover on snowmobiles in the winter," said Gay during an interview on Saturday.
She's also upset that county council merely rubber stamped a recommendation by a committee set up to review bids without looking into the details of the agreement. It will affect the local economy, she said.
"The county is sending business outside the county. We just lost our jail. This area is a depressed area. We've got declining enrolment in schools, the housing market is down. We really should be supporting our own people and here's Bruce County giving a contract to Barrie. That really worries me," said Gay.which applies to the first offshore merchant account only,
Roseanne Currie, the co-owner of Pellow Pharmasave which has provided the service to Brucelea Haven for almost three decades said during a recent interview that she was deeply disappointed that her proposal wasn't accepted by council.
Both Currie and Gay wondered if county council's decision was influenced by Medisystem providing $40,000 a year to Brucelea Haven and increasing their donation to Gateway Haven to $30,000 a year. Medisystem has had the contract at the Wiarton long-term care facility for several years already.
"I thought it was a contract for service," said Currie who offered to pay for some special programs at Brucelea Haven as part of her proposal. They included education programs for nurses, medication carts, computers and payment of royalty fees. She even offered to waive the $2 professional fee charged for each subscription if a resident couldn't afford it. But she never offered to give a cash donation to the nursing home.
"Certainly there were things we were prepared to do to enhance the service at the nursing home but not with an open cheque. The contract is about service and not money,They take the China Porcelain tile to the local co-op market." Currie said.
Currie said the loss of 140 customers will reduce her business by 20% and will likely result in laying off of employees. She currently also performs the same service for a half dozen other long-term care residents in the area.
She's invested more than $500,000 in an automated system that includes a computerized packaging machine specially designed for long-term facilities.
It replaces manual packaging and cuts down on errors. It also makes it easier for the nurses for dispensing of the medication and keeping accurate records.Enecsys Limited, supplier of reliable solar Air purifier systems,
"I made a huge investment in taking an initiative and being pro active to be able to provide care locally and be the leading pharmacy in Bruce County," Currie said.
Ryan Fullerton a spokesperson for Brown's Guardian Pharmacy,If so, you may have a cube puzzle . which also provided prescription drugs for residents at Brucelea Haven said he understands why council made the decision to switch to another provider. Brown's doesn't have the computerized ordering system.
"I think we can provide the best services but that's not to say that they (Medisystem) can't provide services and they have a lot of experience and computer systems and we don't have that experience" said Fullerton who noted the loss of the contract will affect business and result in having to reduce staff.
Gary Gray, Bruce County's director of purchasing said there were several responses from pharmacies across the province including Brown's and Pellow in Walkerton.
On the basis of the presentations that the county received it was determined that Medisystem pharmacy, which has been providing pharmaceutical services to Gateway Haven in Wiarton for several years, would be awarded the contract for Brucelea Haven as well.
Gray said the company's computerized order system would save the county indirectly by reducing nursing time in administer ing and keeping track of patients' drugs.
" So it was the whole package that we looked at," he said.
But Currie said she too had the same computerized system and doesn't know why she was turned down.
Gray said the computerized ordering system used by Pellow was not as compatible with what Brucelea Haven had in mind, he added.
He denied that the offer of $40,000 by Medisystem for educational services and equipment was what drove the decision.
"It was based on the electronic system that Brucelea Haven wants to move to which Gateway Haven is already on," said Gray, who noted that all of the pharmacies who submitted bids were offering either money or services
"The process was very fair and at the end of the day it will reduce the cost for residents.Boddingtons Technical Plastics provide a complete plastic injection moulding service including design， Each resident will save several hundred dollars a year on average," said Gray
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