When pharmacies agree to offer credit

"Pharmacies are turning into real grocery stores in Salé." The statement is from Fatima, manager and pharmacy assistant in one of the neighbourhoods of Salé. Here, the workday starts at 9 a.m. and lasts until 8 p.m. Customers who come to buy medicines and pay in cash are very rare. Most of the inhabitants of this neighbourhood take medicines on credit. Destitute, they often do not have the means to pay the price of the medicines. Khadija, one of the regular customers of the pharmacy, came this morning to look for a box of milk for her infant barely four months old. Every week, this woman buys four boxes of milk. "Khadija pays us by the week. She does not have the means to settle her purchases every time. Her husband, who works in masonry, is also paid by the week," confides Fatima.According to the manager of this pharmacy, the number of customers who buy medicines on credit exceeds that…