Drug Shortages

Thursday, October 27 on CBS4 News:Imagine being told your young son or daugher has cancer but there are no chemotherapy drugs available to treat your child. Or you are faced with the scenario that finds you need to have surgery, but the hospital has to first search for anesthesia? This is not science fiction but rather the red flags of a national health crisis caused by a widespread shortage in drugs affecting our community and every other community. Chief I-Team Investigator Michele Gillen reveals what the problem will mean to you and brings us the chilling and heartbreaking stories of Floridians on a life and death search for drugs that could keep them alive.