The University of Maryland Baltimore School of Nursing Governor’s Wellmobile will be parked at the corner of North Avenue and Fulton Avenue in the city’s Penn-North community today through Friday May 8th from 11am to 5pm each day. The Wellmobile will be staffed by volunteers from the University of Maryland Baltimore as well as staff from the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhoods and the Baltimore City Health Department.
Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen was interviewed on WBAL-TV discussing how the Health Department is helping citizens in need of assistance with prescriptions, mental health counseling and other services as a result of the recent civil unrest.
The looting and destruction of the CVS pharmacy at North and Pennsylvania avenues became one of the indelible images of the unrest last week. It will also have a lasting impact on the Penn-North neighborhood. Residents who need prescriptions filled have had to find somewhere else to go. Baltimore’s Health Department has been aiding residents in locating new pharmacies and overseeing public health efforts post-unrest. With Sheilah to talk about it is Dr. Leana Wen, Baltimore City’s Health Commissioner.
Thirteen Baltimore pharmacies remained closed on Sunday according to the Baltimore Health Commissioner. "While the crisis appears to be improving, we are still dealing with a lot of people who need medicine," Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen said.
As more than a dozen pharmacies remained closed after fires and looting in Baltimore, city health officials on Saturday urged people who can't get their medicines to call 311 for help. At least 13 pharmacies were still closed Saturday, said city Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen. She went door to door Saturday, visiting residents in affected neighborhoods to spread the word.
The Health Department is leading efforts with the city’s 311 system to ensure prescription medicine is available to residents impacted by civil unrest.
The Baltimore City Health Department is leading efforts with the city’s 311 system to ensure prescription medicine is available to residents who are impacted by the current civil unrest. At least 10 retail pharmacies are closed, including two CVS locations that were burned, and eight Rite Aid locations that suffered fire and / or looting damage.
