A pharmacist from Tehran told VOA Persian that the “cost of some drugs has increased by 200 percent.” The pharmacist, who wanted to remain anonymous, said medicine has become scarce and expensive over the past two years because of currency fluctuations and a shortage of foreign currency.
The Didban Iran website reported on Thursday that following multiple suicides among medical students, a special committee has been established at the request of the deputy minister of education at the Ministry of Health and Medical Education to investigate the underlying causes.
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