Jiangsu takes lead in limiting use of antibiotics

EAST CHINA'S JIANGSU province is the first province to stop offering intravenous infusions of antibiotics to outpatients in public hospitals. Beijing Youth Daily commented on Tuesday:

Since July, Jiangsu has banned intravenous infusions of antibiotics in the outpatient departments of its public hospitals, which is very significant given that China administers the world's highest number of intravenous infusions of antibiotics each year.

This over-prescription of antibiotics has now led to many Chinese patients developing more antibiotic-resistant genes.