The operation recently took place at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital here which claimed that this case of mucormycosis, involving a kidney, lung and sinus, was being reported in medical literature as the "first such case in the world happening after Covid infection"
Considering this economic burden on families, the government has decided to take up all expenditures of black fungus patients. The government will provide all expenditures until they are fully recovered.
In a statement, the Delhi health department said that the city has been allocated a total of 51,540 vials of Amphotericin-B for the treatment of the disease, out of which 42,960 vials "have been received and distributed to hospitals, and 8,080 vials are awaited".
A large majority of mucormycosis patients (84.4 per cent) had reported a history of COVID-19, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said in a written reply.
"Over the past two months, 83 patients of black fungus surfaced in Agra district. Out of these, 41 have been cured of the infection," district in-charge for black fungus treatment said.
Acting on a tip-off, the police laid a trap on Saturday and initially caught two persons who had come to sell the medicine in black, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Vartak Division, Pankaj Shirsat said.
With a rise in mucormycosis or black fungus cases in Jharkhand, the state government has directed the health machinery to be on high alert.
The court was hearing a bunch of public interest litigations (PILs) on the management of resources related to the COVID-19 situation and the Maharashtra government's preparedness to deal with the third wave of the pandemic.
A government hospital in Indore has stopped administering lyophilised Amphotericin B injections to black fungus patients after some of them who received the shots started experiencing side effects.
The 14-day-old girl had a black spot and blister on her left cheek when she was admitted to the hospital on Saturday evening and after the operation the fungal infection was removed, Dr Akhilesh Pratap Singh, head of ENT department told PTI.
At least 27 patients suffering from mucormycosis or 'black fungus' took ill after they were administered Amphotericin-B injections at the government Bundelkhand Medical College (BMC) in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district, an official said on Sunday, adding the medical condition of these patients is stable now.
However, they said the study could not look into the role of the Covid-19 virus in causing immunity disturbance leading to mucormycosis.
The Maharashtra government on Friday capped the charges for treatment of mucormycosis patients at private hospitals in the state, where the officialnumber of such cases has gone above 5,000.
Health Minister Satyendar Jain said 92 patients have recovered till now, while pointing out that there is a shortage of medicines to treat the infection
17 people have died in Nagpur due to Black Fungus in the last 48 hours.
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The government on Tuesday imposed curbs on export of Amphotericin-B injections that are used for treatment of mucormycosis or black fungus infections.
Of the 368 Mucormycosis patients admitted in MYH, an initial study has shown that 55 of them have the infection in their brains, and this has been confirmed by CT (computerised tomography) and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scans, said Dr Rakesh Gupta, head of department, neurosurgery, MYH.
The victim also left behind a suicide note in which he mentioned the reason behind his extreme step and expressed fear that he may suffer due to mucormycosis as he had just recovered from COVID-19 and also had diabetes.
While the Centre placed a report giving the steps taken by it to source the medicine and overcome shortages, the high court directed it to give further details on current status of its imports and when the stocks are expected.
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