CareSouth Success Stories

 

Luke Garner

Patient of Dr. George Moore, Jr. at the McColl Center

Luke Garner suffered a disability in 2009.   Unfortunately, he didn’t have health insurance and was living on a fixed income.   Conditions like high cholesterol made certain medications critical to his health. 

“The medicines I needed were so expensive.  I couldn’t afford them. But, some friends told me about CareSouth Carolina,” he says.  “I started going to CareSouth in Bennettsville, but switched to McColl to see Dr. Moore.   Being old-school like me, we connected.   He’s a very smart, common-sense doctor who takes his time with me.”

After coming to see Dr. Moore at the CareSouth Carolina McColl Center, Luke says Pat Graham, Patient Advocate, connected him to the CSC Community Pharmacy.  With her help, he was able to afford the medications that he desperately needed.   

“At the CareSouth pharmacy, you can get your medicines for a lot less than you can get through anywhere else,” he says.   “Pat really went above and beyond doing research and finding out ways to help”  

Luke doesn’t limit his praise to Pat, however.   To him, the entire CareSouth Carolina staff deserve praise for the work they do.  

“All the staff are wonderful,” he says.  “They don’t make you feel like a patient when you’re there.   It’s enjoyable.   They’re local, down to earth, really personable.  The people at CareSouth do a marvelous job.  They always go above and beyond to help the patient.”

 

Mollie G. MCcoll

Patient of Patricia E. Weaver, APNP-BC, at the Cheraw Center

After 17 years at the same employer, Mollie G. MCcoll was laid off of work.   She went back to school, but she had lost her income and her health insurance.   She has hypertension, high cholesterol and other conditions that make having a family doctor a necessity. 

“My doctor in Florence went into another practice, and I had lost my insurance,” she says.  “I didn’t know what to do.   My medicines are necessary, but they were so high I couldn’t pay for them.  Someone told me I could go to CareSouth, and, naturally, I fell in love.   I started to go to Ms. Weaver at CareSouth in Cheraw, and it’s been excellent for me.  It’s been awesome! ”

Even though Mollie sees Pat Weaver, APNP-BC, Nurse Practitioner at CareSouth Carolina’s Center in Cheraw, she is able to pick up her medicines closer to home in McColl.   The CSC Community Pharmacy housed in Hartsville provides next-day delivery to all CareSouth Carolina medical centers.  She says that has been a godsend.  She can now afford health care and her prescriptions, and it’s made a huge difference in her health and her life.      

“I’m just so glad CareSouth is here,” she says.  “I love everyone there. They are wonderful people.   Wonderful service.   They are like family to me.”

 

 

Millie Reppert

Patient of Syliva McCoy, CFNP, McColl Center

Millie Reppert lost her job in Myrtle Beach and moved to McColl, South Carolina because the beach had simply become too expensive.  She had to do something to make ends meet as best she could. 

“CareSouth Carolina was a lifeline for me, “she says.  “I had no job, no income – a complete lack of funds.  And, I needed a doctor. Two or three people I know referred me to CareSouth.   I saw Ms. Sylvia in McColl.   I just love Ms. Sylvia.  We did a lot of talking.  They took care of me without money.  They took care of all my prescriptions!   When I became someone who had a little more money, I continued to come back because of how well they treated me.   They are wonderful human beings.”

She says she is extremely grateful that CareSouth is in her community.  The CSC Community Pharmacy, she says, has been one of the best things that could have happened to her.   If it wasn’t for CareSouth’s ability to get the prescriptions she needed at a cost she could afford, she doesn’t know where she would be now.     

“I’m so glad CareSouth is here,” she says.    “I get wonderful care.   The pharmacy and Pat (Pat Graham, Patient Advocate) have been wonderful.   I get my medicines when I need them.  I could go somewhere else now or get my medicine somewhere else, but why would I?    I’m doing so much better, and I want to give back what I can and let everyone know how wonderful it is at CareSouth Carolina.”