Kyrgyz mothers dying as vital cancer drugs delayed, patients forced to import own medicine

Kyrgyz mothers dying as vital cancer drugs delayed, patients forced to import own medicine

BISHKEK (Kyrgyzstan), Aug 7 — Like many people affected by serious illness in ex-Soviet Central Asia, Almagul Ibrayeva is having trouble finding medicine in her native Kyrgyzstan.“Women are dying because of a lack of medicine,” Ibrayeva, who is in her 50s, told AFP.In remission from breast cancer, Ibrayeva needs a hormone treatment called exemestane after having a mastectomy and her reproductive organs were removed.She said she “often” faces dif…