Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Nov 2018
Two terminal cancer patients: she gets treatment funded, he doesn't
6 November 2018 - Pamela Jones and Baden Ngan Kee were both told they were going to die after being diagnosed with terminal cancer.
But, as Ngan Kee began planning for his funeral, Jones was given hope with a "miracle drug" that was funded by PHARMAC for melanoma patients.
Ngan Kee, who started picking out his casket with his wife in April, wasn't entitled to the same life-saving drug Keytruda as it's not funded for lung cancer.
