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The Brunei Times
MEDICINE abuse is making about 10,000 Chinese children deaf each year, state media yesterday said, putting the blame on doctors and parents alike.
"The improper use of antibiotics is the main culprit," the People's Daily quoted Chen Zhensheng, deputy director of the China Rehabilitation Research Centre for Deaf Children, as saying.
Parents had "blind faith" in antibiotics and doctors, who often take kickbacks from drugs middlemen, were more than willing to prescribe them, the newspaper said.
"Doctors should be clear about medicines that may harm hearing," Liu Jinfeng, director of the research centre, was quoted as saying.
MEDICINE abuse is making about 10,000 Chinese children deaf each year, state media yesterday said, putting the blame on doctors and parents alike.
"The improper use of antibiotics is the main culprit," the People's Daily quoted Chen Zhensheng, deputy director of the China Rehabilitation Research Centre for Deaf Children, as saying.
Parents had "blind faith" in antibiotics and doctors, who often take kickbacks from drugs middlemen, were more than willing to prescribe them, the newspaper said.
"Doctors should be clear about medicines that may harm hearing," Liu Jinfeng, director of the research centre, was quoted as saying.
