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Bhopal hospitals face shortage of Amphotericin B as black fungus cases ris
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 23 (ANI): Amid the worrying rise of black fungus cases across the country, hospitals in Bhopal have run out of Amphotericin B injections, a drug used to treat patients who develop the illness while undergoing treatment for COVID-19.
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Drug used to treat black fungus was available in limited supply,now ramped
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): Amid the rising cases of Mucormycosis or 'black fungus', the Union Health Ministry on Saturday said the availability of Amphotericin-B, the key drug to treat the deadly disease is now being increased and the ministry is in touch with five additional manufa
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Provide free treatment for black fungus, assure medicine supplies: Sonia G
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to ensure the supply of essential medicines for the treatment of Mucormycosis as well as free of cost treatment of affected people.
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Centre makes fresh allocation of Amphotericin B to states, UTs as Mucormyc
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): After reviewing the rising number of cases of Mucormycosis or black fungus infections in various states, Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers DV Sadananda Gowda announced that the Centre has allocated a total of 23680 additional vials of Amphotericin-
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Black fungus: Centre to ramp up production, availability of Amphotericin-B
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday said the Central government will make proactive efforts for significantly ramping up domestic production of Amphotericin-B drug, an anti-fungal drug for the treatment of black fungus disease.
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Maharashtra places order for Amphotericin B injection, requests Centre to
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 20 (ANI): The Maharashtra government has requested the Centre to approve the allocation of Amphotericin B injection which is being used to cure Mucromysis (black fungus), informed Maharastra health minister Rajesh Tope on Thursday.
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Shortage of drug used to treat Black Fungus will be resolved soon, assures
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday announced that shortage of Amphotericin-B, the drug used for the treatment of Mucormycosis, coomonly known as Black Fungus, a post-COVID complication, shall be resolved soon.
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Kumaraswamy urges K'taka govt to order 20,000 Amphotericin B doses to trea
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 20 (ANI): Karnataka's former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Thursday urged the state government to purchase at least 15,000-20,000 doses of Amphotericin B, an antifungal drug used for the treatment of black fungus, due to its unavailability in the state.
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Delhi HC seeks Centre's status report on production of Amphotericin B drug
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): Delhi High Court asks Central Government to file a status report on the production capacity and other issues relating to Amphotericin B, a drug used to treat Black Fungus.
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Delhi govt sets up 4 member committee for timely distribution of Amphoteri
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): The Delhi government has set up a four-member technical expert committee (TEC) to prevent the indiscriminate use of Amphotericin-B injection and to establish a transparent and efficient system of distribution of this drug to the needy and hospitalised COVID-1
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Black fungus: Andhra govt to purchase 15,000 vials of Amphotericin B
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 20 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh government has placed orders for purchasing 15,000 vials of Amphotericin B injection to treat persons infected with black fungus or Mucormycosis, said state Medical and Health Principal Secretary Anil Kumar Singhal on Wednesday
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Uttarakhand govt to control distribution of drug used in treatment of blac
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 18 (ANI): The Uttarakhand government on Tuesday announced that it will control the distribution of Amphotericin B, an antifungal drug used for the treatment of black fungus.
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