Q. Our Rov Shlita. A dear one that is diabetic and has a wound on her body that could become infected rapidly. Her doctor told her to use promptly an antibiotic cream to avoid likely a dangerous infection, can she use it on Shabbath?

A. Indeed, she can and should, since what she has and in her condition, she is in serious danger.

However, she should if possible, apply the cream with a ‘Shinui’ or a deviation and change from the normal application. Such as placing the cream first on a clean paper or similar and then rubbing the affected wound on it.

Since this question (translated) came from Mexico, it is likely that there is a maid in the house and she can be  the one to apply the cream.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller,  Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu, snd Horav Kalman Ochs  Shlit’a