Vlad is suffering from incurable brain cancer. Despite his chronic pain, doctors in Ukraine are only allowed to prescribe 50 mg of pain medicine. In another country, doctors would typically prescribe more than 2,000 mg for a patient like Vlad.

Bob Sacha: Director, Camera, Sound
Scott Anger: Director, Camera, Sound, Editor
Pamela Chen: Producer for Open Society Foundations

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