Around 25% of JPMC cancer patients abandon treatment due to high cost
Most outlets reported that about 25% of cancer patients at JPMC in Karachi abandon treatment due to financial difficulties, citing the high cost of newer therapies. Business Recorder emphasized the role of financial hardship despite largely free care, while Dawn highlighted the issue during a conference and attributed the situation to the cost of treatment. Both used similar statistics but framed the context slightly differently.
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25% of Cancer Patients Stop Treatment Due to High Costs
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Due to high cost, 25pc of cancer patients at Karachi's JPMC abandon treatment, experts say
KARACHI: Around 25 per cent of cancer patients at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) are unable to complete their treatment, speakers said on the concluding day of a two-day conference, attributing the situation to the high cost of newer therapies and inconsistent philanthropic assistance. The event titled Breastcon 2026 was organised by JPMC. According to speakers, while the provinc...
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Costly medicines, chemotherapy: Around 25pc of JPMC cancer patients abandon treatment: officials
KARACHI: About 25 percent of cancer patients at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) abandon treatment because of financial hardship despite largely free care, doctors said, citing the high cost of newer therapies and inconsistent financial assistance. They said surgery and radiotherapy are provided free at the public hospital, but the high cost of newer immunotherapies and targeted therap...
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