Germs are outsmarting medicine faster than SA’s overburdened facilities can keep up with. There are ways to cut resistance, but such plans need more money for them to work. | via Bhekisisa_MG
HAIs can easily develop following surgery or in patients who are on ventilators or have an intravenous drip. If the infection is caused by resistant bacteria, getting an operation such as a knee replacement could mean losing a leg instead.For some patients, this nightmare scenario has already become a reality.
Time’s running out for the government to achieve its first set of goals to control drug resistance , because its plan has never had enough funding, Mendelson says. And with the national health budget set toOne place where the loss of working antibiotics will have a big impact is in surgery.
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