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

S. Saksan, 5, who has been diagnosed with leukaemia, refuses to eat food fed to him by his mother, Sathiyaraj Silaskana, 27, at a cancer care transit home near Apeksha Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 12, 2022. “Due to the current crisis in Sri Lanka, we are facing severe problems in transport and food,” said Silaksana, “I have no option but to pay for my son’s needs. My husband, is a construction worker. In order to pay for all these expenses we pawned our jewellery.” REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon