‘Catch your death’ at the NHS

Stories of dirty hospitals litter newspaper headlines fairly regularly. But now the NHS has come under fire for the overuse of antibiotics which affects the body’s own immune system and its ability to tackle the infection ‘C.difficile’. But are we are all guilty of medicine overuse?

The average Mr Office worker who catches a bug will undoubtedly overdose on various drugs so he can play ‘hero’ and still make it to work. Whilst this is annoying (as we all share it) maybe the longer term affect on future generations is unknown. Perhaps our liberal usage of drugs inhibits our own bodies to deal with those bug(gers) longer term?

If Mr Office worker is ill he should just stay at home…