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Overuse of antibiotics 'risks return to dark ages of life-threatening surgery'
We face a return to the dark ages of life-threatening surgery unless we can preserve the infection-killing powers of antibiotics, according to England’s chief medical officer. Dame Sally Davies made her remarks as Public Health England (PHE) published a report showing that 3 million common surgical procedures, including caesarean sections and hip replacements, could be hazardous in a future where hospital-acquired infections have become resistant to the antibiotics we have to treat them.
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This does not surprise me. Antibiotics have been overused so much, especially in the farming industry.