Cancer patients dig deeper to pay for treatment at the ORCI

A pharmacist at the Ocean Road Cancer Institute prepares chemotherapy for cancer patients using a drug mixing machine which is in a poor condition. The machine, which used to serve more than 200 patients per day, lacks proper lids, and this could put health workers at risk. PHOTO | HERIETH MAKWETTA

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Five years ago, the 30-year-old housewife from Lindi Region was diagnosed with cancer of the jaw.