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Cipher-based prescriptions

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Medicine prescriptions in cipher lead to difficulties: Takharis

A number of residents of northern Takhar province complain about cipher-based prescription of medicines by doctors of private hospitals, saying the encoding is aimed to fleece patients. They say the prices of medicines written in unique codes are…

Cipher-based prescriptions in Badghis trigger complaints

A number of pharmacists in western Badghis province complain that doctors encipher prescriptions to make benefits, saying the practice can even cost the lives of patients. Cipher-based prescription has been a challenge in Badghis province for a long…