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>> reporter: the shortages threaten the lives of patients like allison curran. >> i want to live. and i want these people with leukemia not to go through the pain and the suffering that i've been going through. and now the medicine is at arm's length and i can't grab it. >> reporter: and now, it's not just chemotherapy drugs. but 209 different critical drugs, antibiotics, anesthesia drugs and even crash cart drugs, used for heart attack victims, all in dangerously short supply. forcing some hospitals to buy their medicines from profiteers who can charge a staggering 650% more for a d...

good evening. we begin tonight with that shortage of vital drugs in this country. word today it is now reaching patients in hospitals all across the country. shortages of everything from medicines that fight cancer to medicines for your heart and medicines to fight infection. it is so worrying, a hearing was called on capitol hill. and abc's medical editor, dr. richard besser, was one of the first to sound the alarm about this growing crisis. and he brings us the latest tonight. >> reporter: the shortages threaten the lives of patients like allison curran. >> i want to live. and i wa...

good evening. we begin tonight with that shortage of vital drugs in this country. word today it is now reaching patients in hospitals all across the country. shortages of everything from medicines that fight cancer to medicines for your heart and medicines to fight infection. it is so worrying, a hearing was called on capitol hill. and abc's medical editor, dr. richard besser, was one of the first to sound the alarm about this growing crisis. and he brings us the latest tonight. >> reporter: the shortages threaten the lives of patients like allison curran. >> i want to live. and i wa...