Steve DeCriscio waters the flowers around the gravestone of his father, Orlando DeCriscio, who was a Korean War veteran and died in 2004, at Calvary Cemetery on
Local Pharmacy Reaches Major Milestone 12:34 am
A Local Pharmacy who has been leading the effort in putting vaccines into arms celebrated a major milestone on Saturday by distributing their 100,000th Vaccine! Mainline Pharmacy hit a huge milestone. They’ve officially distributed 100,000 COVID Vaccines. It happened here at Saint Francis University, one of the places where it all began.
On Saturday morning, Mother Klara Slonina of Sisters of the Sacred Heart was rejoicing. That’s because she got her final dose of the COVID-19 Vaccine. But it wasn’t just any shot, Mother Klara received Mainline Pharmacy’s 100,000th dose. Since Mid-January, the Pharmacy has held 105 Vaccine Clinics like this one, vaccinating thousands of people per week and adding up to achieve this new grand-total.
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A local independent pharmacy chain has been playing a big role in the administration of coronavirus vaccines.
“We started looking into this last May when the state started up its program. We thought it was our duty to be at the forefront,” said John Pastorek, director of pharmacy for Mainline Pharmacy.
“It is the Mainline culture to step in and take care of our communities. It is part of our mission to our patients and community in general,” said Steve DeCriscio, Mainline chief financial officer. “This is what we are all about the communities we live in and our patients. It is about our patients, to help people live better lives.”
Since the start of the pandemic people wondered when a vaccine would be ready and now that it’s here the question is when can they get it? Wednesday, hundreds o