Christine Tohme underwent surgery for colon cancer and was prescribed six sessions of chemotherapy. But she's only had three and the hospitals are running out of vital drugs due to Lebanon's financial system meltdown
The 50-year-old was later diagnosed with third stage colon cancer in February. Having undergone surgery earlier this year, she was then prescribed six sessions of chemotherapy.
Having knocked on every door to try to secure her medication at any cost, Tohme took to the streets on Thursday, despite her ailing health, to join a sit-in protest with other cancer patients, doctors and non-governmental organisations. "We need an immediate solution," Makdessi said. "I can't tell my patients this is a crisis and ask them to wait till it eases because this disease has no patience."Christine Tohme, a cancer patient, gestures as she talks during an interview with Reuters in the Jnah neighbourhood of Beirut, August 24, 2021. Picture taken August 24, 2021.
Some chemotherapy treatments, which can cost as much as $5,000 per session, are currently subsidized so the patient pays around $400, with the state bearing the rest of the cost. But now Hani Nassar, whose wife Barbara founded the organisation before passing away from the disease years ago, says the country's fractious politics is hampering efforts to alleviate the problem.
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