I
t has been five
days since
Mehtaab Singh
was last
administered
antibiotics to
relieve his from
the intense body pain due
to a health complication.
Yet there are no visible
signs that could assure his
doctors about any
improvement. Staring
helplessly are the relatives
who are puzzled as to why
the medicines are not
working since he has no
history of any irregular
antibiotics consumption.
It was soon found out that
he has been a ferocious
eater of chicken supplied
from a Punjab based
poultry farm where the
antibiotics have been used
in abundance.
The above example clearly
shows that the causes of
antimicrobial resistance
(AMR) are no longer
limited to any one
medium. Recently a study
in Mumbai detected
antibiotic resistant
bacteria in commonly
consumed food items like
raw chicken and sprouted
beans. Scientists had
isolated bacteria resistant
to antibiotics from food
products available in the
market. High levels of
resistance to many
important antibiotics were
found across the board,
ranging from 39 percent
for ciprofloxacin, which is
used to treat respiratory
“
Single, isolated interventions have
limited impact and coordinated action
is required to minimize the emergence
and spread”
J P Nadda,
Union Health Minister
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