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In Romania, chemotherapy drugs are neither accessible free of charge, as required by law, nor can they be acquired in pharmacies. To solve the problem, those who have the money are obliged to resort to pharmacies abroad. Others, less fortunate, are obliged to delay, never start or follow an incomplete treatment. Many of the patients who try, in one way or another, to procure the drugs are helped by a real NETWORK of people who buy drugs from abroad and send them to Romania through friends, acquaintances and knowledgeable tourists. The network members do not get any financial benefit from their participation in this "trade". The documentary follows the drugs' route from one of the oldest pharmacies in Vienna to the patient in Romania. (HBO Europe)