Consumers “misled”
August 28, 2013
The Financial Review yesterday
published a letter from Windsor,
NSW-based community pharmacist
Glen Kanawati which pointed
out the “misleading and agenda-driven”
anti-pharmacy campaign
being conducted by the CHF.
He cited the example of a
Parkinson’s drug worth $13,000
a month, on which his total profit
from dispensing is just $9.
“At this mark-up I would be better
off owning a service station,” he
wrote, adding that as well as selling
items pharmacies are often the first
point of call for health consumers.
“The Consumers Health Forum
advocates pouring money back
into health to improve services,
but ironically is pushing for the
opposite with pharmacy,” he said.
Kanawati’s letter concluded by
urging AFR readers to visit their
local pharmacy and sign the
‘Pharmacy Under Threat’ petition.
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