I was in a coma for three months, I was almost dead.
Berry, who has diabetes, relies on a Walgreens miles away to get his weekly medication. He lives near Oakland s East 14th Street Business District, an area also considered a pharmacy desert. We don t have pharmacies in this district, said Oakland City Councilwoman Treva Reid. It s a huge disparity for us.
According to Cheryl Wisseh, a health scientist at UC Irvine s School of Pharmacy, It s a desert based on the fact, it s greater than one mile or more from a neighborhood.
Based on the population in Berry s zip code, it should have 4.6 retail pharmacies per 10,000 people when compared to the county s zip code average of 1.3 pharmacies.