Daily Maverick
Africa · 2 hrs ago
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Indian cancer patients battle shortage of key drugs as platinum costs surge
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Indian cancer patients are facing difficulties obtaining cisplatin, a platinum-based chemotherapy drug, as costs surge and availability becomes scarce, exemplified by one patient's week-long search for the medication needed to treat his mother's liver cancer.
Indian cancer patients battle shortage of key drugs as platinum costs surge
Kumar Ajit spent more than a week calling dozens of pharmacies in India before he tracked down the platinum-based cancer drug cisplatin his 70-year old mother needed to treat her liver cancer.
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