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Iranian pharmacy has new take on 'wall of kindness'

The measure helps poor people obtain medicine amid rising inflation in Iran.
An Iranian woman leaves a pharmacy next to shuttered shops at Valiasr Square, Tehran, Iran, Aug. 16, 2021.

A pharmacy in Iran has amended the “wall of kindness” concept to help poor people obtain medicine. 

The pharmacy in the capital Tehran is allowing people to donate money without purchasing medicine. Instead, they put the receipts corresponding to their donations on a wall. Poor people then come to the pharmacy and take a receipt for the corresponding amount they need to buy medicine, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported today. 

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