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Sri Lankan medicine shortage a death sentence for some, doctors say

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Colombo, Sri LankaReuters A shortage of medicine caused by an economic crisis in Sri Lanka could soon cause deaths, doctors said, as hospitals are forced to postpone life-saving procedures for their patients because they do not have the necessary drugs. Sri Lanka imports more than 80 per cent of its medical supplies but with foreign […]