Seminar on drug resistant microorganisms
Dr. Lim Hong Liang, Senior Consultant Medical Oncologist from Parkway Cancer Center and Dr. Ooi Boon Swee, Senior Consultant General Surgeon from Mount Elizabeth Hospital Singapore presided over a health talk on "Lung and Colorectal Cancer" at a hotel in Dhaka recently.
With a view to lessening the prevalence of drug resistance microorganisms and implementation of proper antibiotic guideline, the Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine of Bangabandhu Shaikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) arranged a scientific seminar recently, says a press release. The seminar entitled "Prevalence of drug resistant microorganisms and antimicrobial guideline" was held at BSMMU seminar hall with the support of Orion Laboratories Limited. Professor Md Abdul Hye, Chairman of the department chaired the seminar. The keynote speech was delivered by Dr A K Qumrul Huda, Associate Professor, Intensive Care Medicine of BSMMU. The speaker highlighted the growing resistance of microorganisms against many antibiotics and measures to be taken by the doctors to cope with the resistant microorganisms in hospital settings specially in intensive care patients. The speaker urged everyone to follow the antibiotic guideline to lessen the prevalence.
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