Cancer patients at cancer hospital in Chitwan struggle as chemotherapy drugs run short

Shortages of carboplatin and cisplatin are forcing patients to spend days searching for medicines, disrupting treatment at B.P. Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital in Bharatpur.

Patients arriving at B.P. Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital in Bharatpur are facing growing uncertainty as supplies of two essential chemotherapy drugs, carboplatin and cisplatin, run short, forcing many cancer patients and their families to spend days searching for medicines needed to continue treatment.