Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Nov 2018
In China, desperate patients smuggle drugs. Or make their own.
11 November 2018 - Despite health insurance, terminally ill patients have to hunt around the world and on the internet for ways to stay alive.
Zhang Zhejun used a fat plastic straw to gently tap the pale yellow pharmaceutical powder onto a piece of silver foil that lay on an electronic scale. He made sure the amount was just right before he poured it into a clear capsule.
When you’re making cancer drugs at home, the measurements must be precise.
