New Midland Pharmacy Provides Low Cost Medicine
Doctor s Pharmacy in Midland has low cost prescriptions to those with and without insurance and also works with the needs of patients.
According to the Midland Reporter-Telegram, pharmacist Setor Akati opened Doctor s Pharmacy to give people with and without insurance a place to find low cost medication.
“I opened Doctor’s Pharmacy on what I have seen based on my experience working as a pharmacist within retail and especially seeing the way patients go through not getting the appropriate care because of the lack of appropriate medication available to them,” said Akati.
He moved to Midland in 2012 after completing pharmacy school at Chicago State University and began his career at Walgreens, then he moved to Walmart, and then to Midland Memorial Hospital to work in the pharmacy department where he still works part time while running Doctor s Pharmacy.
Midland/Odessa Hospitals Preparing to Start Vaccinating Kids
The FDA emergency use for the Pfizer vaccine for kids age 12-15 is pending, but Permian Basin hospitals are already preparing to get kids vaccinated.
According to NewsWest 9, once the approval comes through for use in kids ages 12-15, area hospitals are ready to get started.
The FDA is expected to approve the vaccine for kids sometime in the next three weeks.
There is a plan in place at Midland Memorial Hospital, Odessa Regional Medical Center, and Medical Center Hospital once the approval comes through.
Parental consent would be needed for anyone 12-15, just like it is needed right now for those aged 16 and 17 that are currently able to get the vaccine.
MCH says test results are still being processed to officially confirm the Brazilian strain. Author: Rachel Ripp (News West9) Published: 6:29 PM CDT April 8, 2021 Updated: 6:49 PM CDT April 8, 2021
ODESSA, Texas A new COVID-19 strain could be in our midst. We all know that these strains are going to be spreading out because of the rapid pace of this kind of mutation and so we are expecting to see cases of the newer strains. We ve already had confirmed cases in the United States, so it s no surprise that we re going to start seeing cases in different states, Dr. Alejandra Garcia-Fernandez, critical care specialist for Medical Center Hospital said.
New Variants of the COVID-19 Virus Appearing in Midland/Odessa Hospitals
The new COVID-19 variants are now showing up in Midland/Odessa hospitals as vaccinations slow down.
According to the Midland Reporter-Telegram, three patients in Midland Memorial Hospital so far have tested positive for the UK variant and one tested positive for the California variant.
Medical Center Hospital in Odessa has one patient that tested positive for the Brazilian variant according to hospital officials.
Variants of the coronavirus have local health officials on edge because the new variants may be less effective to the vaccine in preventing the serious complications and hospitalization.