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November 20, 2018

Cardinal Turkson makes 'urgent call' to fight growing problem of antibiotic overuse

An infant suspected of suffering from a drug-resistant typhoid receives medical treatment Feb. 23 at a hospital in Hyderabad, Pakistan. Antimicrobial resistance poses a "great challenge" to global public health and puts the most vulnerable in our society at risk, said Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.
VATICAN – Antimicrobial resistance poses a "great challenge" to global public health and puts the most vulnerable in our society at risk, said Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.
Published in International
August 30, 2017

Wife alleges Quebec doctor let her husband die

Herman Morin

OTTAWA – A Catholic woman has filed a complaint with a Quebec health agency alleging that her husband was denied antibiotics to treat a bladder infection after doctors determined it was better to let him die because he had cancer.

Published in Canada