Dr Pallab Ray explains the findings of a study led by him on resistance to antibiotics among Indians
Is the irrational use of antibiotics leading to a public health emergency? Are Indians heading for a situation in which life-saving drugs won’t work on patients who desperately need them? A scientific study under the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) has both good news and bad. The situation is not as bad as earlier (perhaps less rigorous) studies had made it out to be. But it is. . .