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The Union government had on Thursday urged states and Union Territories to make mucormycosis or black fungus a notifiable disease under the Epidemic Diseases Act, stating that the infection is leading to prolonged morbidity and mortality among COVID-19 patients. However, the reports of white fungus cases have also raised concerns as infection is found to be more deadly than the black fungus.
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A total of 65 patients have been detected with black fungus in Uttarakhand. Of which, 61 are admitted to AIIMS Rishikesh, the Uttarakhand Health Department said.
Pushkar Saran from Gurugram, who recovered from Black Fungus, described symptoms in details to ANI. "I had numbness on left side of my face, eyes watered and had turned red. Teeth on left side of my upper jaw had turned numb. I am fine now. There is still some numbness but it'll be fine.
Shampa Chakraborty, a resident of the southern part of the city's Haridevpur area, was admitted to the Sambhunath Pandit Hospital with COVID. She was later diagnosed with mucormycosis, he said.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure the assured supply of essential medicines for the treatment of mucormycosis (black fungus) and cost-free care to those affected. In a letter to the prime minister, she also pointed out that the illness is not covered under Ayushman Bharat and most other health insurance plans and sought immediate action on the issue.
The man was operated on May 17 after his headache and eye pain did not subside, and a test on Friday detected the white fungus infection in his nose, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College's ENT Department head Dr Kavita Sachdeva told PTI over phone.
Both the patients, including one aged 68 years, are being treated at Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital for more than a week. "It is observed for the first time that the black fungus infected the lower intestine and even made a hole in it," said Ganga Ram Hospital authorities, news agency ANI reported.
Amid escalating cases of black fungus in the national capital, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday asked people to be watchful and not resort to self-medication, particularly steroids, and said about 15 hospitals in the city are treating mucormycosis patients.
Mucormycosis (popularly known as black fungus) can spread through air but it won't cause any problem if person is healthy, informed Professor and Head of Dept of Endocrinology and Metabolism AIIMS Delhi, Dr. Nikhil Tandon on May 22.
Taking note of the increasing numbers, the Central govt has emphasised upon expediting the allocation of vials of Amphotericin-B, a key drug to treat raging mucormycosis.
Cases of black fungus are being found mostly in those patients who have recently recovered from Covid-19. The fungal infection is more life-threatening and attacks those having weak symptoms or suffering from diabetes or cancer.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure the assured supply of essential medicines for the treatment of mucormycosis (black fungus) and cost-free care to those affected.
Union Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers, DV Sadananda Gowda has announced the allocation of 23680 additional vials of Amphotericin- B across states and union territories.
Mucormycosis, a rare but serious fungal infection, is being detected relatively frequently in Covid-19 patients across India. The disease, also known colloquially as “black fungus”.
The cases of mucormycosis, commonly known as black fungus, are on a rise in the country. watch report.
Dr. Suresh Kumar, MD, LNJP Hospital on Saturday, informed that white fungus infection or Aspergillosis is not as dangerous as black fungus infection or Mucormycosis.
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