Showing posts with label India. Show all posts
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Sunday, January 10, 2010

In India, poor cancer patients rough it - latimes.com

""The American system is being copied here, unfortunately," said Dr. V. Shantha, chairwoman of the Cancer Institute in Chennai. "Now it's all about 'how much am I going to make from this patient.' "

That's left the poor scrambling for care at the few remaining public or charitable trust hospitals, including Tata Memorial, which handles 43,000 new cancer patients annually, most for a nominal fee."
It's only human can make money out of dyeing patients.     Read this pathetic story here

In India, poor cancer patients rough it - latimes.com

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