Jammu, March 13 -- It's a terrifying medical nightmare unfolding in slow motion - and it's happening right here in India. Antibiotic resistance, long warned about by scientists worldwide, has now exploded into the single biggest threat to treating infected patients across the nation, leaving doctors scrambling and patients vulnerable like never before.
In a stunning admission before Parliament, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Prataprao Jadhav confirmed what many feared: India is battling one of the highest antibiotic resistance rates on the planet, as flagged by the World Health Organization. Speaking in the Lok Sabha, the Minister laid bare the scale of this looming catastrophe - a crisis that respects no borders, ravaging...