Lack of health care ‘kills millions’

MILLIONS of people in poor countries are dying because free health care is not available, a British report warned yesterday.

The research by more than 60 organisations found that half a million pregnant women die each year because they cannot access medical care and people face abuses such as being imprisoned in clinics because they cannot pay doctors’ fees.

The report, Your Money Or Your Life, urges governments to offer a lifeline to the poor when they have the chance next week toexpand free healthcare in developing countries.