Cancer patient kills himself day after he is told NHS Trust would not fund £25,000 drug - Daily Mail 24th June 2008

A cancer patient killed himself after being told he had been refused a wonder drug by his local primary care trust. Albert Baxter, 77, was terminally ill. But he was turned down for a drug which could have prolonged his life and shrunk his tumour. In desperation, he offered to pay for the treatment. But he was told if he did so, he would also have to foot the bill for the rest of his treatment, which he could not afford.

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