Cancer patient cannot access subsidized 200,000 ruble ($2,000) drug
A cancer patient in Svetloyarsky District has been unable to receive her prescribed chemotherapy drug for over three weeks, although the health committee claims sufficient supply.
Feb 4, 2026 0
A cancer patient in Svetloyarsky District has been unable to access her subsidized chemotherapy medication for over three weeks.
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In Svetloyarsky District of Volgograd Oblast, a 52-year-old woman suffering from cancer cannot receive subsidized chemotherapy pills on time. According to her daughter, the drug has been unavailable at the pharmacy for over three weeks, forcing an interruption in her treatment course. However, the regional health committee states that the medication is available in sufficient quantity and promises to issue it in the coming days.
The patient«s daughter said that the chemotherapy in tablet form was prescribed to her mother in May 2025, but supplies have been intermittent since then.
My mother cannot get the chemotherapy drug on time. Although the maximum possible break in taking this drug is two weeks. Mom hasn»t received the drug for more than three weeks now. And there are constant delays in issuing the medicine. This drug costs about 200,000 rubles (approx. $2,000) per pack, and one pack isn«t even enough for a whole month,she reported.
The last time the medicine was received was on 3 December, and on 31 December the supply of pills ran out. Issuance was planned to resume after the New Year holidays, but the drug still has not arrived at the pharmacy in Svetloyarsky District. The patient cannot obtain it elsewhere, as she is attached exclusively to the GBUZ «Svetloyarskaya Polyclinic» (State Budgetary Healthcare Institution «Svetloyarskaya Polyclinic»).
You need to take the pills every day, twice a day. This is «dry chemo». So, it turns out that the chemotherapy course is constantly interrupted. Before December, mom received the medicine in October, and in November it wasn«t in the pharmacy again, so she couldn»t get it. In November, the break in taking was two weeks; then she took it in December, and now the break is almost four weeks. Soon CT and MRI scans will be done, and it will become clearer how such breaks affect her and if there is any worsening,explained the daughter.
In response to an inquiry, the health committee of the Volgograd Oblast administration said there are no supply issues.
The drug has been purchased and is available in sufficient quantity. The medical organization will invite the patient for pickup, with an expected receipt time of up to three working days,the department stated, without specifying reasons for previous delays.
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