Pakistan
Pakistan: Cancer patients block Metro bus track in Lahore after free drugs denied to them
Several poor cancer patients blocked the Metro Bus track at Kalma Chowk region in Lahore city of Pakistan to protest against suspension of free medicines supply at the state-run hospitals of Punjab, media reports said.
Taking notice of the protest Chief Minister Usman Buzdar ordered the authorities concerned to resolve the issue, reports Dawn News.
The protesting patients were seen holding medical prescriptions, registration forms and test reports in their hands.
They lodged a strong protest against the Punjab government’s decision to stop the life-saving drugs scheme under which over 5,500 registered patients were getting free medicines through state-run hospitals, the newspaper reported.
The protesters demanded for restoration of free medicines provision to the cancer patients.
“How can I afford such expensive medicines from my own pocket, especially when my husband was earning monthly Rs17,000 wages,” a woman patient told Dawn News.
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