12:35 May 15, ’06 / 17 Iyar 5766

(IsraelNN.com) Colon cancer patients launched a hunger strike “to the death” outside the Knesset on Sunday, announcing that if the national government does not update the healthcare basket to include their drugs, they will continue their strike until their death, explaining they have nothing to lose.

Strikers explain that the healthcare system does not currently subsidize the drugs that can save their lives, and therefore, the pharmaceuticals are too expensive for them. They insist the government cannot turn their backs on so many citizens who can be helped, but lack the funds to purchase the drugs that offer them a cure.
Source:
Arutz Sheva – Israel National News