He said some patients ask to remain hospitalized so they can get free medication.

The children under this program are given free medications from university health care center and are provided one time meal in the students mess.

About 100 pharmaceutical companies donate 1,400 prescription drugs for an estimated $2 billion of free medications each year.

"I got free medication for five months, and that was enough."

It has not accepted international offers of free or low-cost medication and runs only a few programs to cut mother-to-child transmission.

Her doctor encouraged her to volunteer for a study, in which she would receive free medication.

Many receive free medication and monitoring for those conditions and others, including depression.

They opened a dispensary where for one day a week the poor were treated and given medication free.

Many pharmaceutical companies offer prescription assistance programs, which can include free or discounted medications.

But Mr. Loss says, there is less than meets the eye to the industry's offer of free medications.