Nepal runs out of cancer medicines after supplies halted citing high costs

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A critical shortage of cancer medications in Nepal has emerged, leaving healthcare providers unable to treat patients due to the halting of essential chemotherapy drugs like carboplatin and cisplatin, putting many lives at risk.

Doctors attending cancer patients say there is no carboplatin, cisplatin and oxaliplatin chemotherapy medication used to treat various types of cancers. Hundreds of patients have been affected.