I've had issues at my local Walgreen's. Out of stock, closing early, and worn out people. They were really busy a year ago. Now, you add administering vaccines and all that drama and you'll get burned out pharmacists and over stressed employees.
My Walgreens lost 4 Techs in 2 weeks. I know the lead Pharmacist, and he is at a breaking point. It's bad.My 82 year old father had to have a CVS call around to surrounding locations to scrape up enough pills to fill a prescription for him. And they still couldn't do it. They ended up one day short on a 30 day refill. He literally got an I.O.U. for the last two pills.
I have a friend in St. Louis who is a 5 year - Stage 4 cancer survivor (8% survivability), and she has to sit for hours in a CVS in St. Louis, just to get her prescriptions filled.... because they can't hire enough pharmacists to handle the daily workload. She says if you're not in the store and sitting there, waiting... they simply don't get filled.
Either supply shortages or labor shortages... anyone else seeing this? This makes some of the other supply issues seem a bit trivial.
My Walgreens lost 4 Techs in 2 weeks. I know the lead Pharmacist, and he is at a breaking point. It's bad.