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Demand for intravenous antibi- (WHO) recommends a maximum volunteered to help lost commut- A man who worked near the hotel otic therapy in China's hospitals of 30 percent. This kind of over- ers at a Metro station – wearing said he first noticed the dummy has risen due to the recent cold prescription could lead to serious nothing but an itty-bitty bikini. last November. "I thought it was weather in much of the country. problems for China and the world, Zhang Xiner, a TV sportscaster, strange that the hotel's security Transfusion rooms are now over- as health experts fear diseases told Sohu that she committed guard had been staring at the flowing with patients of all ages, could mutate to become resist- the charitable act because she parking lot in front of him day many suffering from only the ant to medication. One of these wanted "more young people to and night for so long," he said. mildest of ailments. China’s per new 'superbugs,' NDM-1, was come out and do volunteer work." One woman didn’t notice there capita consumption – often de- found in China, after infecting a Zhang said the choice to wear the was no guard until she tried to livered through an IV drip, rather Guangdong car crash victim in revealing get-up was a "personal seek help at the booth to find her than cheaper and safer methods October.