Dearer Drugs: What About The Patients?

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  • Published On: February 07, 2016
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Patients suffering from life threatening diseases like cancer, haemophilia are worried that their medical bills are just about to go through the roof. This goes back to World Cancer Day last week when the government announced they were taking back the tax exemptions on various items including life saving medications. We speak to leading industrialist Kiran Mazumdar Shaw on why she's angry with this decision as well as the real stakeholders about the fallout of this decision.

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