Monday 12 December 2016

Superbugs killing more people than breast cancer, trust warns

Superbugs killing more people than breast cancer, trust warns The superbug crisis is killing more patients than breast cancer as the Government is relying on flawed figures which mask the true scale of the problem, health experts have warned.

The Department of Health estimates that 5,000 people die each year due to drug resistance, but Dr Ron Daniels, chief executive of the UK Sepsis Trust, claims the true figure is around 12,000.

The number of deaths is rising each year as more bugs that lead to blood poisoning are becoming resistant to antibiotics. The Daily Telegraph

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