i got it from the school of tropical medicine in london. feed from me, it's a very slow feeder. and so i could follow the whole process of this insect in me, what happens. and the first time it had its mealfrom me — all these insects, just before they take their blood from you, they put in a tiny bit of their own saliva, this is what causes the trouble. anyway, the first bite that it had from me — no response at all. and that's what one would expect, because i ‘d never met it before. second bite, yes, a delayed response. and that got more and more, larger and larger every week, until my arm was, on the fifth bite, swollen for three days from the bite. and so by the eighth bite the question was, i was hoping i might be desensitised and nothing would happen, but to be absolutely certain i went into the side ward of the hospital to see what happened. it produced, i remember taking the cotton ball out, it ran down the test tube and began its meal. and then five or six minutes, the nurse who was my blood pressure said "the machine is broken". an

medicines. let's discuss this now with professor brendan wren from the london school of hygiene and tropical medicineers surrounding what's going on in terms of antibiotics and in terms of drug—resistant of antibiotics and in terms of drug—resista nt infections as of antibiotics and in terms of drug—resistant infections as well, andi drug—resistant infections as well, and i have seen the targets, but can you just explain what the situation is, how many types of drug resistant infections are we facing, or people who have them, what is the problem at the moment? good morning. so the problem is that many different bacteria now are resistant to many of the antibiotics that we use and currently the situation is getting worse, so the new operational plan isa worse, so the new operational plan is a way to address this, and it is a good start and it's good that the uk is taking this lead. 0k, just so people understand what the problem is, i have a number hear that the government as part of the five—year plan wants to cut the number of drug—resistant plan wants to cut the number of drug—resista nt infections