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

Kesakarasa Sathiyaraj, 34, shows food stored in a cupboard for his son S. Saksan, 5, who has been diagnosed with leukaemia, at a cancer care transit home near Apeksha Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 16, 2022. Kesakarasa travelled 350km with his wife Sathiyaraj Silaksana, to visit their son. “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