I have an appointment on Monday for a blood pressure medicine refill. The medicine I have used for 10 years suddenly wasn’t available anymore, so a new one was prescribed, and it is working well.
I contacted the office by both phone and email. I asked to have a refill, since we were on vacation in Tucson; when things became a little crazy, we came home early from our trip on the plane. Since we were in two airports on Monday, we have been self-distancing and basically staying home until the two to fourteen day period has passed.
When I contacted the office I was told I had to come in and have my blood pressure checked to get my refill; it was not an option to get a refill without doing so. I am so disappointed that Jefferson Healthcare does not care enough for their employees’ safety and for my effort to follow the guidelines from the president to keep social distancing from others until I am sure we are not contagious. Really scary that the office-visit dollars are more important than the people who work in the office and from the people forced to go into an office who could contain the virus!
Janet Lucas
Port Townsend
