DOST develops cheaper gauze for fresh wounds

WITH prices of antibiotics going sky high, the poor could hardly afford buying the vital anti-microbial treatment for healing open wounds and burns and ensure they don’t worsen.

Fortunately, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), using traditional herbal folklore, has developed a gauze made from honey extracted from three indigenous sources: pineapple flower from Bacolod; the rare coconut honey from Mindanao; and the dark honey from the highlands of Northern Luzon.