Why We Must Finish Our Antibiotics

Consultant infectious disease physician Dr Sasheela Sri La Sri Ponnampalavanar highlighted the “Review on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)” by Amsterdam-based research programme AMR Benchmark that estimated 10 million people will die from resistance to antimicrobial medicines like antibiotics and antifungals by 2050, higher than the current combined deaths for cancer, diabetes, and road traffic accidents.