LAURINBURG — Robeson Health Care Corporation’s “Scotland Health Center,” located at 507 Lauchwood Drive, will be opening a new pharmacy in March. The pharmacy will be managed by Steve McLean of Laurinburg, who operated the Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy in Laurinburg from 1983 to 2014.

Pharmacy Services will include fast affordable courteous one-stop prescription dispensing, custom prescription packaging (blister packs or PillPaks) and Home Delivery through its Contract Pharmacy. This is in addition to Professional Pharmacy Counseling services in coordination with your Medical Provider.

Scotland Health Center, located across the street from Scotland Memorial Hospital, has been seeing patients in Laurinburg since 2012. It is staffed by Roselyn Onkundi, AGNP; and Rachel Munn, PA, who care for patients in a family practice setting.

While providing prescription services to the general public, Scotland Health Center Pharmacy will also be able to provide special services and prices to Health Center patients who qualify under Federal guidelines. This is a service that will provide affordable medications to individuals who would not otherwise be able to receive pharmaceutical care.

RHCC, is a Non-profit Federally Qualified Community Health Center, with a corporate office located in Pembroke, NC. It currently employs over 300 people in a 6-county area. It has been in existence since 1985 and operates 8 medical clinics in Robeson, Montgomery, Scotland Counties. The Health Centers are staffed by physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, licensed behavioral health clinicians, and a caring nursing staff. They work together to diagnose, treat and medically manage acute, episodic and chronic conditions.

RHCC currently operates pharmacies in four of its Medical Health Centers and SHC will be the fifth. In addition, RHCC also operates Women’s Substance Use and Behavioral Health Services in 5 locations across the state that administer programs designed specifically to meet the unique needs of women and their children.

RHCC’s approach to treatment is to provide clients with a safe, clean and 24 hours supervised living environment where they can focus on recovery from substance use disorders while maintaining a family structure for their children. RHCC also operates one facility for men, “Men’s Recovery Home” which can care for nine clients and their needs.

RHCC also offers Dental Services, Outpatient Substance Use and Behavioral Health Services, HIV/AIDS Specialty Treatment Clinic, Substance Use Prevention Program and Healthy Start Program that focuses on Women and infant children up to 24 months. RHCC is also staffed with OB-Gyn Physician Assistants.

For information call Scotland Health Center Pharmacy at 910-384-4712 or RHCC Corporate offices at 910-521-2900. You may also visit rhcchealth.org.