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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1970-10-14, Page 14.PAVE FOURTEEN ST. HELENS Thanksgiving visitors with.. Mr. . and Mrs. Wm. Rutherford and John were Mr. and Mrs. Grant Rutherford and family orOdessa, Mr, and Mrs. Hugh Rutherford and Hugh Jr, .of.,Kmgston Mrs. Mel•McMurter and family - ofToronto.. Little Andrea McQuillin of • • Kitchener•spent a few days- With her g•andparents,. Mr. and Mrs.. t red McQ, Mr.Taid Firs, Ivanlv�ctuilln are holiday ing in New York State Also visiting on'the week. -end,' were Mr, and Mrs. Barry McQixil- lin and family :of Ancaster.. .Wife;. "Wake up, there's .a Miss Beatrice McQuillin is burglar in the kitchen and he's 421-D1 eatingthe leftovers." • ' Husband _ _.Go-backto.siee .._ Gaunt in Waterloo andl3arbara p Ann ;Purdon:in Kitchener.�this I'll bury him in the morning," week. • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14th, 1.9 • • • Our .10 is loin .' • gaboul 0 • 0 .. • • Everyone: concerned about the,cost o prescrip- tions' finds ti e=whole-thirrg-q-urt-e--my-st-i ymg. ' Drugmanufacturers' prices Vary. Pharmacies' '. --dispensing fees vary. Doctors prescrite, but' don't always know about prices. The result: is that you,. ' the: patient, have -no way of knowing if your drug bill is reasonable or .not. Now the mysticism is being .removed. For many months the Ontario Department of. Heal-th--has-been 4,orkin`g program that w}Il help everybody in Ontario to obtain prescriptiohs .at reasonable cost PARCOST".. The'key' is: a book thathas been supplied for the 'professional' use of every -physician, dentist, hos- pital •and pharmacist in the .province. Titled the. Comparative• Drug Index,'it:lists many of the tg qua i y :. o ;e. And it rayls, how much each one costs: For the first time, this revealing information has been assembled in one book, ,compi.led' by an au- horit-a;tive group of.:doctors.'and experts who have . evaluated, without bias, quality products from „over 60 different companies,; And'it makes: pos= psi ble, quick easy cost: comparisons of drugs that reethighest quality`standards, enabling your doctor and your pharmacist to take acttve'parts:-: in; the PARCOST program•. • r Also,. your Ontario ,Government has obtained the co-operation of participating pharmacists in agreeing. 6 andar. ng -=methods _.~___ Everyone.can help 'make the PARCOST, program work. Discuss it with your doctor or. pharmacist. And when you hove a prescription to be<filled-i, Took for the PARCOST symbol at the drug store. Displayed on the door or window, it tells.you that the p arniocist:;ls co-ope hel ou-c btain-- • prescriptions at reasonable cost, • • prescriptions at reasonable cost 13.i4.4414.10 • • • *Ontario Department of Health The Hon, Therms L. Wells, Minister