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Cap on medicine purchase leaves Mumbai 'bleeding'

<p>Government move to curb bulk purchases affects thousands of haemophilia patients across Mumbai</p>

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KEM Hospital has run out of Factor medicines. File picKEM Hospital has run out of Factor medicines. File pic

In a move that is sure to affect numerous haemophilic patie­nts in the city, the state, in a go­v­ernment resolution (GR) passed on January 17, has imposed a cap on the purchase capacity of medicines to only Rs 50,000 to curb irregularities at the end of the year. The move is likely to affect poor patients the most.

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