India Faces "Looming National Health Emergency" As 83% Carry Drug-Resistant Superbugs
A new multi-country study on antibiotic drug resistance, published in prestigious medical journal Lancet eClinical, has some extremely disturbing news for the Indian population. It has revealed that 83% of Indian patients are carrying multidrug-resistant organisms, or MDROs, making India the epicentre of a superbug explosion. NDTV's Uma Sudhir spoke to co-author of the study, Padma Vibhushan, Dr D. Nageshwar Reddy, who is chairperson of AIG Hospitals.
