Healthcare associated infections emerged as major killer: WHO
14th Oct 2005, 12:26 GMT
New Delhi: Over 1.4 million people worldwide suffer from infectious complications associated with healthcare at any given time making it a major killer of patients of all ages across the world today, according to the World Health Organisation.
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