For Greece's ill, crisis a matter of life or death

By News on the Net —— Bio and Archives July 9, 2015

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Athens (AFP) - Greece's slide to the brink of financial collapse may be abstract to many outsiders, but for the country's chronically sick, it is a matter of life and death.

Yiannis Kaloidas, a 61-year-old pensioner with bone cancer, needs costly medicine to keep his otherwise fatal disease at bay. But added restrictions on healthcare, dwindling imports of medicines and pressure on budgets mean he faces growing thicket of obstacles for getting the vital drugs. More...