Verbatims of stakeholders regarding alternate causes as major contributors to AMR | |
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• “The other thing is that it (pharmaceutical effluent) is a source of AMR but it is not only the pharmaceutical industry..It is coming from other sources also like human beings consume antibiotics and it is excreted or dispose off, it is going to the water bodies. Poultry, animals and so many other things contribute towards antibiotics in environment.-(CPCB)” • “There are various sources like the expired medicines are thrown into the garbage only.-(T-SPCB)” • "I think you will be surprised that there's a practice nowadays that some of the pharma company recycle the expired antibiotics and it is been given to the veterinarian section and misused that contributes to AMR.-(T-SPCB)” • “There is very high usage of antibiotics in these industries (Vet farms); if we drink milk then with this we also consume antibiotics.-(PMA-H)” • “we have studied and reported that the excessive use of antibiotics in animal husbandry, poultry and humans and untreated sewage have 95% contribution to AMR and only 5% comes from the diagonal places and other thing is if this is a drug mention it is localised and may have 2 or 3 industrial locations whereas all others are spread out..-(BDMA)” • “One reason is non-compliance of the antibiotic dosage which leads to resistance, second we are taking self-medication and third is that the antibiotics are not prescribed rightly by the doctors when it is not required it is used. Therefore, not getting the right kind of antibiotics for the right infection.-(IPA)” • "Hospitals contribute majorly to AMR..all the patients use antibiotics but how many hospitals have their sewage treatment plant..not even 1%. For a corporate hospital with the amount of charges and the amount of income they have; if at all they want to treat their sewage can't they afford to do this recycling? They can 100% do that…-(MNC[API]-T)" • "Municipal waste that is a second point source.-(MNC[API]-T)" • "Because antibiotic is available OTC in India so there should be legislation or some regulation from the Government of India saying that no antibiotic will be sold without prescription that will solve 60% of the purpose.-(MNC[API&F]-T)" |