A woman from Kirov waited almost two months for medication after chemotherapy.

A woman from Kirov waited almost two months for medication after chemotherapy.

      A resident of Kirov undergoing treatment for cancer needs regular immunoglobulin injections. Due to six courses of chemotherapy her immune system has been weakened, and parvovirus was detected in her bone marrow, the press service of the regional All‑Russia People’s Front (ONF) reported.

      For disease control the immunoglobulin injections are vital for the woman. At first she received the drug at the Hematology Research Institute, but after discharge the doctor noted in her records that further injections should be administered through her local GP.

      However, at the clinic in her area she was told that a request for the drug had been sent to the regional health ministry, and she was referred to the region’s chief hematologist. After two months of waiting the woman still had not received the drug, which could have put her health at risk.

      Activists from the People’s Front turned to the health ministry. There they assured that the drug would arrive at her local clinic in the near future. In addition, the agency promised that in the future the route for patients treated at the Hematology Research Institute would be simplified.

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A woman from Kirov waited almost two months for medication after chemotherapy.

After the People's Front intervened, a woman with a weakened immune system was promised the necessary immunoglobulin that she had been unable to obtain for two months.