WMAR ABC World News With Diane Sawyer September 23, 2011
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...