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INDIA
Cancer drugs provided under Rajasthan govt scheme sold in black market; probe ordered
Health minister Gajendra Singh Khinvsar said black marketing or unauthorised sale of costly life-saving medicines would not be tolerated
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- Why it matters
- Patients enrolled in the government scheme lose access to subsidised life-saving drugs when they are diverted for profit, forcing them to buy elsewhere or go without treatment.
- Most affected
- Cancer patients in the Rajasthan scheme — Lose access to subsidised medicines intended for them.
- Likely next
- Whether the probe identifies who diverted the medicines and what volumes were sold illegally.