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

S. Saksan, 5, who has been diagnosed with leukaemia, sits with his two grandmothers K. Wimalesvari, 63, and Ratnasingham Rajini, 45, at a cancer care transit home near Apeksha Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 11, 2022. “I have to give him something easy to eat like porridge every 2 hours but he doesn’t eat because of the strength of the medicine and side effects of the chemotherapy.” Said Rajini. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon