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‘I’m on death row’: Sri Lankans forced to choose either food or vital drugs
Lifesaving medication for cancer, heart disease and diabetes is growing scarcer and more expensive as the economic crisis intensifies
Stress was written all over Sunman Senthilnathan’s face as he left the pharmacy with the crucial medicine that brings him, every two months, to Sri Lanka’s commercial capital, Colombo.
He was diagnosed with colon cancer three years ago, and the 56-year-old’s treatment has dominated his life ever since. Now it is even more difficult to deal with during the crippling economic crisis in Sri Lanka that has caused fuel, food and medicine shortages and major political upheaval.
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