Submit News
Dialogue Pakistan
No Result
View All Result
  • Citizen Journalism
  • News
  • Videos
  • Features
  • In Pictures
  • Lifestyle
  • Urdu
  • Citizen Journalism
  • News
  • Videos
  • Features
  • In Pictures
  • Lifestyle
  • Urdu
No Result
View All Result
Dialogue Pakistan
No Result
View All Result

Doctors react to Trump’s suggestion of injecting disinfectant to cure coronavirus

Web Desk by Web Desk
April 24, 2020
in News
0
Trump says Iran ‘standing down’ after missile strikes
5
SHARES
45
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

LONDON: Doctors and health experts advised people not to drink or inject disinfectant on Friday, following a suggestion by US President Donald Trump that scientists investigate injecting the cleaning agent into the body as a way to treat COVID-19.

“(This is an) absolutely dangerous crazy suggestion,” said Paul Hunter, a professor of medicine at Britain’s University of East Anglia.

“You may not die of COVID-19 after injecting disinfectant, but only because you may already be dead from the injection.”

Trump said Thursday at his daily media conference that scientists would investigate whether injecting light or disinfectant into the bodies of people infected with the new coronavirus could help them clear the disease.

“Is there a way we can do something like that by injection, inside, or almost a cleaning?,” he said. “It would be interesting to check that.”

Parastou Donyai, director of pharmacy practice and University of Reading professor of social and cognitive pharmacy, said Trump’s remarks were surprising and unscientific. He said people concerned about the latest coronavirus and the COVID-19 disease that it triggers should seek support from a professional doctor or pharmacist, and “do not take baseless and off-the-cuff statements as actual advice.”

Robert Reich, professor of public policy at University of California at Berkeley and former U.S. Labor Secretary, added on Twitter: “Trump’s briefings are actively endangering the public’s health. Please don’t drink disinfectant”.

Reading’s Donyai said Trump’s earlier remarks have already been related to people delivering drugs or other items themselves in ways that rendered them poisonous.

“We have already seen people mistakenly poisoning themselves by taking chloroquine when their hopes were raised by unscientific comments,” he said.

Reckitt Benckiser, which produces Dettol and Lysol household disinfectants, released a statement Friday advising people not to ingest or inject their goods.

Tags: coronavirusdoctorsTrumpunited statesWhite House
Previous Post

Utility stores across Pakistan shut down at advent of Ramadan

Next Post

Police formulates security plan for Peshawar during Ramadan

Next Post
KP police

Police formulates security plan for Peshawar during Ramadan

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recommended

Pakistan shares list of 324 Indian prisoners with India

Pakistan shares list of 324 Indian prisoners with India

7 months ago
CTD operation in Rajanpur, 5 terrorists killed

Police to start a probe after human skulls, bones found in Karachi’s DHA

4 months ago

Popular News

  • Shahbaz Taseer just made a job offer to the Cafe Cannoli’s manager

    Shahbaz Taseer just made a job offer to the Cafe Cannoli’s manager

    95 shares
    Share 38 Tweet 24
  • Javed Afridi announces plan for running Peshawar-Karachi bullet train

    59 shares
    Share 24 Tweet 15
  • Sandal Khattak, Hareem Shah identity revealed

    1433 shares
    Share 601 Tweet 347
  • Hareem Shah slaps Abdul Qavi over “indecent talks”

    26 shares
    Share 10 Tweet 7
  • American climber goes missing

    23 shares
    Share 9 Tweet 6

Dialogue Pakistan

Citizen Journalism is the collection, dissemination and analysis of news by the people for the people especially by the means of internet. Dialogue Pakistan is the country's first citizen journalism portal to provide Pakistanis an opportunity to get themselves heard aiming to encourage citizen journalism inculcated with ethical values.

Category

  • Audio
  • Citizen Journalism
  • Documentaries
  • Feature Videos
  • Features
  • In House Videos
  • IN PICTURES
  • Lifestyle
  • Mobile Footage
  • New Catagory
  • News
  • News Roundup
  • Pakistan Super League
  • Photo Journalism
  • Press Conferences
  • Special Feature
  • Sports
  • Videos

Quick Links

  • About
  • Advertise
  • Careers
  • Contact

Follow us on

Download our APP

download on android app download on apple app
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Careers
  • Contact

Copyright © 2020. Dialogue Pakistan. All Rights Reserved.
Web Development & Social Media Management by Digital Otters

No Result
View All Result
  • Citizen Journalism
  • News
  • Videos
  • Features
  • In Pictures
  • Lifestyle
  • Urdu

Copyright © 2020. Dialogue Pakistan. All Rights Reserved.
Web Development & Social Media Management by Digital Otters