1st Women-Only Pharmacy in N.A. Opens
July 8, 2009 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
The first women-only pharmacy in North America has opened in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The pharmacy, called Lu’s: A Pharmacy for Women, is located in a notoriously tough part of Vancouver, the downtown East side.
Why a pharmacy for women only?
The person who came up with the idea of the pharmacy, Vancouver Women’s Health Collective’s executive Caryn Duncan, is quoted in a Canada.com article as saying that many women feel threatened in a traditional pharmacy in tough neighborhoods.
There are plans to make this more than a pharmacy though – the idea is to make it a center where women may go to ask for medical help, work with support groups, and more.
Let’s see if this works.
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