SANFORD – Goodall Hospital, which last month received state approval to join the MaineHealth system, said it would close its June Street Pharmacy unit on Nov. 1 and transfer prescriptions to Rite Aid Pharmacy.
Patients can continue to fill new prescriptions and pick up renewable prescriptions through Nov. 1. On Nov. 2, renewable prescriptions will automatically be available at the Springvale Rite Aid pharmacy, Goodall said. The Rite Aid on Main Street in Springvale is less than 3 miles away from Goodall Hospital.
Goodall said it has offered retail pharmacy services as a community benefit for the past six years, but it found it difficult to compete against full-service retail pharmacies that offered a wider range of services in the area. Goodall said its resources could be better focused on its core mission of meeting the community’s health care needs.
The hospital said the closure of June Street Pharmacy is not related to the recently announced plan to join MaineHealth, which includes Maine Medical Center in Portland, Southern Maine Medical Center in Biddeford and nine other hospitals.
Patients are being notified of closing of the pharmacy. The pharmacy staff, which includes nine full-time and five part-time employees, has been notified and Goodall is working with them to identify new jobs, both at the hospital and externally.
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