Malik

Peshawar, Pakistan

Diabetes with a drug-resistant wound infection

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Malik, an embroiderer with diabetes, cut his foot while crossing the street. When the wound became infected, he travelled to a hospital in northern Pakistan for treatment. But the antibiotics he was given did not work.

Credit: TBIJ/BSAC/Saiyna Bashir

The infection had spread. Malik’s toes needed to be amputated.

Credit: TBIJ/BSAC/Saiyna Bashir