Hobbs, who joined the company in 2019, navigated it through the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, and successfully oversaw the acquisition and integration
of Lexon in 2023. He will retire from the company at the end of September 2024.
"After five years with the company, I am retiring at the end of September to spend time with my wife who was diagnosed with motor neurone disease last year," Hobbs
said.
"I wish to extend my personal thanks to our owners, the Bestway Group, for their kindness and understanding of our situation.
"It has been a privilege to lead the Well Pharmacy, now Bestway Healthcare organisation. The business is resilient for today and fit to prosper in the long term.
When I leave it will be with gratitude and admiration for the 7,500+ people in Bestway Healthcare who are committed to improving the lives of our patients and
customers, thank you all."
Our first nine years at New Life (1987-1996) were a painful, difficult, and often unsuccessful attempt, to bridge racial, cultural, economic, and gender
State Health department
The state has also reported a jump within the percentage of total positive tests since mid-June, now hovering around 13.5% on the average as of Monday. The so-called positivity rate indicates how bad an epidemic is during a region. At the peak of latest York's outbreak, quite 40% of all Covid-19 tests were returning positive. It's currently around 1%, consistent with the ny state health department.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has previously noted that a positivity rate above 10% would be a "warning flag" for the state.
The outbreak in Texas now rivals the height in ny in early April when the New York was reporting a mean of quite 10,000 new cases each day .