Downtown Pharmacy in St. John's gets new licence, reopens

St. John's pharmacist Paul Gill of Downtown Pharmacy has temporarily lost his licence. CBC (CBC)

Downtown Pharmacy in St. John's reopened on Friday after being closed for two months following its licence being revoked.

The Pharmacy Board of Newfoundland and Labrador said it cancelled the business licence of Downtown Pharmacy on the west end of Water Street after the pharmacist-in-charge stepped down in May.

The closure forced 110 people who rely on the site for methadone to seek help elsewhere.

The board issued a new licence to Downtown Pharmacy after the drugstore met a number of conditions, including having a second pharmacist on staff.

Don Rowe, the secretary-registrar of the board, said the pharmacy is once again able to dispense methadone, but he doesn't known how many of its previous patients will return.

The owner of the building, pharmacist Paul Gill is not allowed to work there.

He was disciplined by the board in April for not properly supervising one of his staff, pharmacist Ann Marie Burke.

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