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"The companies may consider not supplying medicine to the market or not making discounts a way to increase prices. Therefore, this system needs to be rearranged," says the head of the İstanbul Chamber of Pharmacists.

As lira keeps crashing to new lows against foreign currencies, the ensuing increases in prices have a negative impact on the healthcare sector as well. Pharmacists and physicians warn of an imminent shortage of medication and medical equipment.

Speaking about the COVID-19 pandemic, İstanbul Chamber of Pharmacists’ Chair Cenap Sarıalioğlu said, “We went through such a process that no one had ever experienced something like this or no executive could ever imagine it.”