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El Paso VA clinic adds evening pharmacy service, acting chief to depart in October
Summary
El Paso VA Healthcare Clinic announced expanded walk-in pharmacy access during extended-hours clinic, ongoing work to expand radiology and lab services, behavioral health coverage through early evening, and the departing acting chief will leave Oct. 17 with an interim director arriving in early October.
The El Paso VA Healthcare Clinic said Thursday it has added a pharmacist to its extended-hours walk-in clinic and plans to expand after-hours prescription access for veterans within two to three weeks.
The update came during the Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee meeting Sept. 18 in remarks from Amina Dreyquez, introduced in the meeting as the clinic’s chief. “We do now have a pharmacist, that is staying. And so if our veterans who are coming into our walk in extended hours clinic, need their meds, we can give it to them there,” Dreyquez said.
Dreyquez said the clinic’s extended-hours walk-in primary care operates roughly 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., and that once staffing is in place — she estimated two to three weeks — any veteran with an active prescription will be able to fill medications during those hours, not only patients…
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