Bad medicine

By Ben Doherty
January 27 2013 - 3:00am
Irshaad Khan at home in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. His father, Azghar Khan, died while he was on a drug trial.
Irshaad Khan at home in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. His father, Azghar Khan, died while he was on a drug trial.

HALF an hour before his father died, Irshaad Khan was handed a sheaf of papers at the hospital bedside and told he needed to sign them. The documents were written in English, a language he didn't speak, let alone read or write, but he was assured the doctor was doing all that he could to save his father.

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