'People will be harmed' as Lebanon cuts medicine subsidies

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Christine, a 28-year-old nurse in the Lebanese army, used to spend about a quarter of her salary on life-saving medication for her parents who both have severe heart conditions, Reuters reports. She was able to manage until Lebanon's cash-strapped government this week cut back subsidies on medicines. Now, she says the price tag will eat up her entire wage and that of her 65-year-old father, who works a night-time security job. "No family can afford this," she told Reuters, using only her first name due to regulations barring army personnel from speaking to the media. "The government … came (to power) to save the country but are leaving us not just to our fate, but to our slow and painful […]

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