Pharmacy hours adjusted for holidays

WVU Medicine pharmacies have announced adjusted hours for the upcoming holiday weekends.

The Medical Center Pharmacy will be open from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 24, which is Christmas Eve. The pharmacy will be closed Sunday, Dec. 25, and Monday, Dec. 26, for Christmas. It will reopen Tuesday, Dec. 27.

The Mountaineer Pharmacy will be open from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. on Dec. 24. It will be closed Dec. 25 and Dec. 26 for the Christmas holiday. The pharmacy will reopen Dec. 27.

The pharmacies also will offer adjusted hours for New Year’s Day.

The Medical Center Pharmacy will be open from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 31 (New Year’s Eve), and will be closed Sunday, Jan. 1, and Monday, Jan. 2, for the New Year’s Day holiday. It will reopen Tuesday, Jan. 3.

The Mountaineer Pharmacy will be open from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Dec. 31. It will be closed Jan. 1 and Jan. 2 for the New Year’s Day holiday. The pharmacy will reopen Jan. 3.

The Discharge Pharmacy at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital will remain open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Employees are encouraged to get their prescriptions filled and picked up at Medical Center Pharmacy or Mountaineer Pharmacy prior to the Christmas and New Year’s Day weekends due to limited staffing over the holiday weekend. Employees getting prescriptions filled should allow for a processing time of 24-48 hours.

Also, the WVU Medicine Allied Health Solutions Specialty Pharmacy will be closed Dec. 26 and Jan. 2 in observation of the holidays.