In Iran, the cost of a single chemotherapy session can reach six times the monthly minimum wage. Medical professionals report that increasing drug prices and ongoing medicine shortages are causing many patients to postpone or forgo necessary treatments due to financial constraints.
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Rising drug prices in Iran lead to treatment delays for patients
In Iran, chemotherapy costs have surged to six times the monthly minimum wage, leading to treatment delays for patients. Doctors indicate that rising drug prices and medicine shortages are significant factors in patients' decisions to abandon or delay treatment.
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Iran's medicine crisis prices patients out of treatment
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Rising drug prices in Iran lead to treatment delays for patients