Careless Chemist!

0 Locks, 2 miles. Now moored near Atherstone Top Lock.

The morning started out quite misty but very slowly improved as the day wore on. It wasn’t until about 3pm that the sun finally broke through the cloud cover but the day was not a patch on yesterday’s glorious weather.

After we had morning tea with Chas and Ann it was time to say our farewells as they head South and we head North. We only intended to reach Atherstone where we had organised our next prescription pick up. After lunch we wandered into town and found the chemist who shall remain nameless only to find that the prescription had only just arrived in the morning mail and had not been dealt with. No problem, we just went for a wander around town and called back later.

Back on the boat we were sorting out the shopping and the prescriptions when we noticed that one of my drugs was in a different coloured box, nothing unusual about that as chemists change their supply source and different suppliers have different packaging. On closer examination they were found to be double the prescribed dose so I then had to walk back into town to get this rectified. Basically it was just an inconvenience as it wasn’t too far to walk.

Back at the chemists I asked to see the Manager or Pharmacist and pointed out the error which had supposedly been checked by 2 members of staff. They were told in no uncertain terms that it was careless and not good enough. How many people just collect their prescriptions and just take it for granted that they have been given the right dosage or drug etc?

Something like this could have fatal consequences to a child or the elderly. After some consultations with another member of staff I eventually received the correct dosage with the explanation that the manufacturer had changed the colour of the packaging and they had been placed in the wrong bin. NOT GOOD ENOUGH. They are supposed to be trained professionals and for 1 of them to make a mistake and then have another member of staff confirm the same mistake, TOTAL CARELESSNESS.

1588 locks, 3390 miles, 59 Tunnels, 44 swing bridges and 39 lift bridges since Nov 2006