The executive director (Modir Aamel in Persian) of the Iranian Advocate Association for Diabetics ("anjomane hemayat az bimarane diabeti" in Persian , Shakour Omidi, announced that patients with diabetes can purchase an insurance policy at the price of 60,000 Toman(70 dollars) [for one year]. The association pays the insurance premium of patients who cannot afford to pay for the premium he said. The annual cost of treatment of seven million patients with diabetes in Iran is estimated to be 900 billion Toman (approximately 1 billion dollars) Shakour Omidi reported.
Source: www.jamejamonline.ir, Jan 12 , 2007
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