Nepal, Aug. 26 -- A state's primary duty is to preserve its citizens' lives and well-being. Yet, in Nepal, a persistent shortage of life-saving medical supplies and essential vaccines across public health facilities routinely exposes a systemic crisis that goes beyond simple administrative delay. In state-run oncology departments, vital platinum-based chemotherapy drugs-specifically carboplatin, cisplatin and oxaliplatin-have been unavailable for months because rigid government-imposed price caps prevent importers from recovering rising raw material costs. Consequently, families are forced to navigate unregulated pharmacies, paying up to Rs15,000 for a single vial of carboplatin that normally costs approximately Rs1,300. This market dysfu...