Member of the Health Committee: The inability to buy medicine has left Tehran with a shortage of 500 to 700 million dollars in foreign currency for medicine and medical equipment.
Homayun Sameyeh Najafabadi, Member of the Health and Medical Committee of the Parliament:
Despite the approval of three billion dollars of preferred currency for medicine and medical equipment, there is still a shortage of 500 to 700 million dollars in foreign currency in these two sectors, which must necessarily be provided from public sources, and not from the government budget.
This situation put heavy economic pressure on the people and the lack of a preferred currency led to a significant increase in drug prices. Today, a significant part of the medicines and medical equipment are imported in free currency, which has led to a further increase in prices.
The economic problems of the field of care have now reached the northern areas of the city; Meanwhile, the residents of the southern areas of the city have long been faced with extensive problems in affording treatment costs. Ilana.