Pharmacist Won’t Give Asthma Inhaler to Woman Having an Attack
Katherine O’Connor was in the midst of an asthma attack when she and her boyfriend Jack Brown rushed into a New Jersey CVS drug store to get some medication.
The pharmacist on duty, however, refused to hand over the asthma inhaler to the suffering woman because she was $1.50 short of the $21.50 full price.
Mr. Brown explained the couple’s desperation and disbelief, saying, “I had exactly a $20 bill. It came to $21 and some change. I offered him [the pharmacist] my cell phone, my wallet. I said I live right around the corner. I come in here all the time.
‘I said “Can you just give her the pump. She’s on the floor wheezing’. I didn’t know if an ambulance would get here on time. He said there was nothing he could do for me.”
The couple left the store without any medication and called a friend who was a paramedic to come and rush over an inhaler for her to use.
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