The Indian government has moved(采取行动) to reduce the price of cancer drugs after a retired bank clerk took her case to the supreme court(将案件上诉至最高法院).
一名退休银行职员将案件上诉至最高法院后，印度政府已着手降低抗癌药价格。
From next month, 137 cancer drugs in India will be cheaper as the government tries to tackle the tragedy of poorer patients either forgoing treatment, selling land or falling into debt to meet the high cost of some medicines, which are making large profits for hospitals and pharmacists.(从下个月起，印度137种抗癌药将降价，因为政府试图解决贫困患者的悲剧：他们要么放弃治疗，要么变卖土地，要么负债支付某些药品的高昂费用，而这些药品正让医院和药剂师赚取巨额利润。)
从下个月起，印度137种抗癌药将降价。政府试图解决贫困患者的悲剧：他们要么放弃治疗，要么变卖土地，要么负债累累，只为支付某些药品的高昂费用，而这些药品正让医院和药剂师赚取巨额利润。
Sarojam Radhakrishnan, a former bank employee in Kerala(喀拉拉邦), was diagnosed(诊断) with breast cancer in 2021. Doctors prescribed(开处方) life-saving targeted treatments(靶向治疗) but the monthly cost, of more than 63,000 rupees (£500), was far beyond her family’s means(远超家庭经济能力).
萨罗贾姆·拉达克里希南是喀拉拉邦一名前银行职员，2021年被诊断出乳腺癌。医生开了救命的靶向治疗药物，但每月费用超过6.3万卢比（约500英镑），远远超出她家的经济能力。