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May 14, 2021 | 12:33 am
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IT TOOK Nikko Lae D. Abdon, 30, nearly a week to find medicines for her 66-year-old uncle, who got admitted in an intensive care unit room at the San Lazaro Hospital in the Philippine capital.
The drug tocilizumab, which is mainly used to treat arthritis, worked wonders to alleviate his pain after he was diagnosed with a severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Doctors also gave him remdesivir, an anti-viral drug originally made to treat hepatitis C.
âWe were grateful that the doctors were able to save him,â Ms. Abdon, who works as a nurse at the hospital, said in mixed English and Filipino by telephone. âI didnât like how we really struggled to find the medicines.â