Now, cancer patients bear brunt of India-China row
Now, cancer patients bear brunt of India-China row
Bangalore Mirror Bureau / Updated: Feb 1, 2021, 10:00 IST
Thanks to conflict, there is
severe shortage of an
Bengaluru
Oncologists in the city are a worried lot. The reason? There is shortage of a key chemotherapy drug and as a result, the prices have skyrocketed thereby putting undue pressure on the patients. Surprisingly, the ongoing tension between India and China is to be blamed for it as experts said that they are not getting requisite raw materials from the neighbouring country.
Ifosfamide shortage in Bengaluru is causing a lot of problems for patients on treatment, said Dr Rajshekhar Jaka,