Misuse of antibiotics in India is rampant and there is no second doubt about it. Doctors are equally to be blamed for it who loosely prescribes antibiotics for even minor ailments such as a cough and cold. We are certainly walking back to pre-medieval ages with many governments supporting people who have a little training in modern medicine can prescribe allopathic drugs to patients. It is certainly undervaluing the human life just for political purpose without the scientific views are considered.
Today most misused drugs are antibiotics whether there is the infection or not lead to the rise of superbugs as reported in the press. An American woman in her 70s, who contracted an infection while being treated for a thigh bone fracture in India two years ago, died recently. CDC in Atlanta, which houses one of the world's most advanced laboratories, conducted tests on the wound specimen…
