Pharmacist and state Assemblyman John T. McDonald III '85 joined campus on Oct. 22, 2024 in celebration of National Pharmacy Week with a proclamation extolling the values of pharmacists. Read the proclamation below.
Proclamation
Whereas, pharmacists are experts in the successful use of today’s complex medications, and
Whereas, patients in hospitals and outpatient clinics receive better care when pharmacists are directly involved in medication management decisions, and
Whereas, pharmacists’ direct involvement in patient care helps reduce unnecessary costs and burden on the health system, and
Whereas, the pharmacists and pharmacy technicians practicing in the acute and ambulatory care settings of the Capital Region contribute to the health and well-being of our citizens, and
Whereas, ASHP and the New York State Assembly have declared October 20-26, 2024 as Pharmacy Week.
Now, therefore, be it resolved that I, John. T. McDonald III, do proclaim October 20-26, 2024 as
Pharmacy Week
in the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and urge all our citizens to acknowledge the valuable services of the pharmacists and pharmacy technicians who work in inpatient, outpatient, home-care, and long-term-care settings and all they do to help patients make the best use of their medicines.
in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused this seal to be affixed.
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John. T. McDonald III
Assembly District 108