Well superintendent pharmacist Ifti Khan told C+D yesterday (August 24) the multiple was “shocked” to hear of a car "smashing into the front” of one of its branches in Clarkston, Scotland, on Monday afternoon, following a road traffic accident.
Police were called to the scene and “carried out enquiries”, a Police Scotland spokesperson confirmed.
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The car’s impact caused “significant damage to the front of the shop and some shop fixtures”, and patients were directed to other pharmacies while the branch was closed, Mr Khan said.
However, as the pharmacy building remained “structurally sound”, Well installed “temporary fixtures and fittings… to make the pharmacy secure [and] safe” over the course of Tuesday and was able to swiftly reopen the branch on Wednesday.
“The most important thing is that everyone is safe,” Mr Khan added.
No one hurt
No customers were in the pharmacy at the time of the accident and “thankfully, nobody was injured”, Mr Khan said.
“Colleagues who were working that day were obviously shaken up and are being supported by us here at Well,” he added.
Police Scotland confirmed to C+D yesterday that no one was taken to the hospital following the accident, and the “recovery of the car was being arranged by the driver”.
C+D previously reported this year of a similar episode involving a Boots pharmacy in Northamptonshire, which was forced to close temporarily after a Porsche crashed into the branch’s entrance.
