Naveed

Peshawar, Pakistan

Tetanus alongside multiple drug-resistant hospital-acquired infection.

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Naveed Khan is a 25-year-old civil servant. His life was changed forever when he contracted tetanus from a cut and needed a section of his windpipe removed. But while he was in hospital, he caught infections caused by different types of bacteria.

Credit: TBIJ/BSAC/Saiyna Bashir

Colistin is one of very few antibiotics that can still treat certain drug-resistant infections. For Naveed, it was the only one that could help him.

Credit: TBIJ/BSAC/Saiyna Bashir