The Wider Image: Sri Lanka’s cancer patients struggle amid economic

Periyathambi Rathis, 32, gives water to his daughter Rathis Supiksa, 7, who has been diagnosed with both blood cancer and bone cancer in her leg, at a cancer care transit home near Apeksha Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 15, 2022. “We never, ever faced a situation like this before. Even during the war period we ate well. but with the current situation in Sri Lanka, it is difficult to live.” Said Periyathambi “I will definitely have to take out a loan from a loan shark to meet the child’s expenses in the future.” REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon