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Drug shortage hits cancer patients
Drugs in short supply are Anastrosol, Doxorubicin, Interferon, Carboplatinum, Cisplatinum, Letrozole, Exemestane, Flutamide, Thalidomide, Temozolomide, and Cytarabin. Doctors said those drugs were expensive and most patients could not afford them.
One tablet of some drugs cost as much as Rs 400 to 500 at private pharmacies, doctors said.
The Cancer Hospital had experienced the drug shortage for months with no action taken to remedy the situation, sources said.
Hospital authorities are calling upon philanthropists to help purchase the life saving drugs.
