Severe Drug Shortage Hit Cancer Hospital

More than twenty Essential Cancer Drugs including an expensive Intra Venus Injections are out of stock at the Colombo National Cancer Hospital these days as thousands of Cancer Patients getting treatment from the Hospital are suffering  due to this situation.Some of the essential Intra Venus Injections that are out of stock at the Cancer Hospital are very expensive and a vial of some of these injections costs between Rs.10,000 to Rs.15,000 in the Private Sector according to the Oncologists.

Doctors at the Cancer Hospital are recommending Cancer patients to buy these out of stock drugs from Private Pharmacies according to the Hospital Sources.