Narcan kits donated to Somerton pharmacy
SOMERTON, Ariz. (KYMA) - A non-profit organization made a donation that could save lives in Yuma County.
The Arizona Pharmacy Association donated 300 Narcan kits to the Regional Center for Border Health (RCBH) Pharmacy.
The goal is to make life-saving medication more accesible and affordable to the community.
"It's to ensure that Arizona fatality opioid use disorder continues to go down," said Garet Turner, CEO of Arizona Pharmacy Association.
"Somebody who is in overdose who is taking opioids, whoever is taking 15 milligrams oxycodone, hydrocodone any fentanyl patches they come and ask me and we can give them to them," explained Ram Chervo, RCBH St. Francis Pharmacy Manager.
The Narcan kits are free.
They are available at the St. Francis Pharmacy located in the San Luis Walk-In Clinic on Main Street in Somerton.
