Bahrain reduce hospital stay and unnecessary use of antibiotics | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

Bahrain reduce hospital stay and unnecessary use of antibiotics | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

TDT | Manama

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Thanks to the Health Ministry's award-winning project, Bahrain has started successfully reducing the “inappropriate” usage of antibiotics and “unnecessary” patient stay in the hospitals.

The achievement was announced by Faeqa bint Saeed Al Saleh, the Health Minister, as she congratulated the project team headed by Dr Jamila Al-Salman.

The project developed by the team to ensure the optimal use of antibiotics won the Best Arab government project to develop the health sector.

The project, the Minister said, achieved a 50 to 60 per cent reduction in side effects of using antibiotics.

“It has contributed greatly in reducing the inappropriate use of antibiotics and slashing the associated costs,” the Minister stressed.

She pointed out that there was a considerable reduction in microbial resistance to drugs and unnecessary patient stay in the hospital after the implementation of