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Lebanon is in economic crisis. Banks have closed their doors and savings have been frozen. Many citizens have resorted to holding-up banks to get money. Last week, one of the people who held up a bank was a woman who was trying to get access to her savings to pay for her sister鈥檚 cancer care.聽

One of the biggest effects of the economic crisis has been the near collapse of the country's healthcare system. Prices of medical insurance, treatment and medicines have skyrocketed to levels which most people can't afford. This has also led to a huge shortage in essential medicines, like those needed for cancer patients.

Some people have had to go without treatment, leading to worsening conditions and sometimes death.

Elize Hajj, a 44 year old from Beirut, who has ovarian cancer, gives insight into the daily struggles of trying to access medicine and navigate the healthcare system: "I relapsed mid 2021...now I'm in the phase of taking medicine that I have to take for life that really give me hope to live... the medicines are not available, I have to buy them from outside the country which is not feasible because each one has a huge cost. One of them costs 7500 dollars per month."

(Photo: People protest against economic crisis in Lebanon. Credit: Wael Hamzeh/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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