Without Price Breaks, Rural Hospitals Struggle To Stock Costly, Lifesaving Drugs

Scientific American -------- Hospital pharmacist Mandy Langston remembers when Lulabelle Berry arrived at Stone County Medical Center’s emergency department last year. Berry couldn’t talk. Her face was drooping on one side. Her eyes couldn’t focus. “She was basically unresponsive,” Langston recalls. Berry, 78, was having a severe ischemic stroke. Each passing second made brain damage more likely. So, Langston reached for the clot-busting drug Activase, which must be given within a few hours to work. “If we don’t keep this drug [in stock], people will die,” Langston said. To learn more click on the picture below to read the article.