A Kerry GP says there’s a worry that resistance to antibiotics could result in people becoming very unwell.
Farranfore based GP, Dr Eamonn Shanahan was responding to a new report by SouthDoc, which found 59% of antibiotics prescribed in 2020 and 2021 were for respiratory illnesses.
SouthDoc is the out-of-hours GP service for Kerry and Cork.
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The study is advising this trend should be reduced due to the dangers of antibiotic resistance, particularly for children.
Children under six accounted for a fifth of all prescriptions.
Dr Eamonn Shanahan says if infections become highly-resistant to antibiotics people could become very sick:
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