"In case of pneumonia, reserve the antibiotics only to those who do not respond
to 'chicken soup'."
......Dr. Gilbert Lawrence
Dr. Santosh Helekar wrote:
> I want to ask Gilbert if, as a physician, he would recommend that a person
> who has been diagnosed
> with pneumococcal pneumonia be treated with chicken soup alone. The standard
> of care today
> mandates that an elderly pneumonia patient be treated with modern antibiotics
> within 8 hours to
> substantially reduce the chances of 30 day mortality.
Folks,
In my experience, most Goans with pneumonia will go to the doctor only AFTER
they figure out chicken soup is not working on them.
It is funny (to me) to find out that there are Goan doctors who will
even contemplate 'chicken soup' as medication.
Mervyn1650Lobo
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