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Gurugram resident defeats black fungus after timely treatment
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): Amid the deadly second wave of COVID-19 and its post consequences, Mucormycosis or black fungus has posed another challenge in front of the country.
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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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Two cases of white fungus reported in Ahmedabad's GMERS hospital
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], May 22 (ANI): Ahemdabad's GMERS Medical College and Civil Hospital, Sola reported two cases of white fungus also known as Aspergillosis over the last one week, informed Dr Nina Bhalodia, Head of Department of ENT on Saturday.
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Patients within 6 weeks of COVID treatment are at highest risk of black fu
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): Patients within six weeks of COVID treatment are at the highest risk of black fungus, said senior neurosurgeon at AIIMS.
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Delhi hospital reports black fungus of small intestine
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): Amid the rising concern of black fungus cases in addition to the COVID pandemic, the rare cases of Mucormycosis of the small intestine have been reported in Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.
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Inaccurate to blame COVID-19 treatment for increase in Mucormycosis cases,
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 22 (ANI): Dr Tatyarao Lahane, Director of the Directorate of Medical Research and Education on Saturday said that it is inaccurate to blame COVID-19 treatment for an increase in Mucormycosis or black fungus cases.
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Pune reports 353 cases of black fungus, 20 deaths so far
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], May 22 (ANI): As many as 353 new cases of black fungus (mucormycosis) and 20 deaths were reported in the Pune, according to the official data of district administration on Saturday.
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Mucor may enter into lungs but chances are very low, says AIIMS doctor
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): In view of the increasing cases of black fungus across the country, AIIMS Professor and Head of Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Dr Nikhil Tandon on Saturday informed that mucor may enter into lungs but its chances are very low.
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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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Uttarakhand govt issues SOPs to prevent black marketing of black fungus me
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 22 (ANI): The Uttarakhand Government has issued Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to prevent the black marketing of black fungus medicine keeping in view cases of the disease being reported across the country.
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Early diagnosis of Mucormycosis critical, use steroid only after consultin
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): Amid the rising cases of Mucormycosis, also known as black fungus, across the country, Medical Director at Delhi's LNJP Hospital, Dr Suresh Kumar said that early diagnosis of Mucormycosis is critical and people should not take steroid without consulting docto
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