Interim Health Centre and Pharmacy for Edgecumbe
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE FROM THE
BAY OF PLENTY DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD, EASTERN BAY PRIMARY
HEALTH ALLIANCE, RIVERSLEA MEDICAL CENTRE AND EDGECUMBE
PHARMACY
Interim
Health Centre and Pharmacy for Edgecumbe residents to Open
in Te Teko
Thanks to He Tohunga Ora
Mo Rangitaiki Trust, Riverslea Medical Centre and Edgecumbe
Pharmacy will be fully operating from this Monday 10th
April.
Both services will be based in the
Te Teko Health Centre Premises at no 8 Edgecumbe-Te Teko
road, next to the school.
The day
will start with a blessing from local kaumatua at 10am which
the public are invited to attend. It will then be business
as usual, with all services provided as before, including
laboratory services.
Riverslea Medical Centre at Te
Teko:
Location: 8 Edgecumbe-Te Teko Road, right next to the school.
Opening Hours from Monday: 6:30 am – 4.00 pm
A contact phone number and other important information will be made available later today.
The Bay of Plenty District Health Board is looking
to put in place financial support to cover the general
practice patient co-payment (fee) for those people displaced
from Edgecumbe due to flooding. Details will be provided in
the next 24 hours.
Edgecumbe Pharmacy at Te
Teko:
Opening Hours from Monday: 7.30 am –
4.00 pm.
The usual phone number is still working Phone:
(07) 304 9734
Medicines and prescriptions from Edgecumbe
Pharmacy will continue to be available today from TOTAL
HEALTH CHEMIST, 252 The Strand, Whakatane. Phone: (07) 308
9009. Total Health Chemist is open today until
4.30pm.
All prescription medicines from Edgecumbe
Pharmacy and Total Health Chemist will be free (no
co-payment) for those people displaced from Edgecumbe due to
flooding. This is a BOPDHB initiative and will be in place
for a 4 week period.
Medicines can be delivered to
Kawerau, Te Teko and Whakatane - just phone Edgecumbe
Pharmacy or Total Health Chemist to organise.
ENDS