Health ministry missive to doctors on antibiotics use
A study conducted recently by the state health department revealed this alarming finding.
A study conducted recently by the state health department revealed this alarming finding.
The state health department is all set to take strong steps to prevent rampant consumption and sale of antibiotics in the state.
West Bengal is the highest consumer of antibiotics inthe country owing to irrational and rampant prescriptions advising patients to consume these drugs.
The study led by researchers at the Barnes-Jewish Hospital in Missouri, US, showed a total of 16.29 billion doses of antibiotics were sold in India in 2020
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WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that the world is 'losing its ability' to use critically important antimicrobial medicines.
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