“Company denies drugs to dying child”.
Every since Josh was 9 months old he began his journey with a rare form of kidney cancer. Now at 7- years old boy Josh has heart and kidney failure in an intensive care unit in Memphis is refusing to give him the proper drug that he needs. The president of the drug company, Kenneth Moch denies to give Josh the drug because he says that it will slow down the efforts to get the drug on the market and helping Josh will mean hurting others. This event relates to my little brother because at a 4- years old he was diagnosed with ADHD and the doctors said that there was not anything that they could do for him at a young age.
I think that it was real messed up how Kenneth Moch did not want to give Josh the drug just because it would set his company back a little. I feel that if he helped Josh and he lived that would send his company a lot more customers. This event affects me in a personal way because if that was my little brother I would have tried to take some legal action.
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'We're begging them' - "Our son will die without this drug," said Todd Hardy, Josh's father. "We're begging them to give it to us."
Beat cancer four times- Josh's journey began when he was diagnosed with a rare form of kidney cancer at 9 months old. Over the years, cancer turned up in his thymus, lung, and bone marrow, and each time Josh beat it.
'He holds our son's life in his hands'- "He holds our son's life in his hands," Todd Hardy said. "This is just beyond belief to me."
Cohen, Elizabeth. “ Company denied drugs to dying child”. CNN. 11 Mar. 2014. Web. 25 Mar. 2014. <http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/10/health/cohen-josh/>
Cohen, Elizabeth. “ Company denied drugs to dying child”. CNN. 11 Mar. 2014. Media. 25 Mar. 2014. <http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/140309205609-nr-parents-plea-for-sons-drug-00000210-story-top.jpg>
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