As many as 744 patients are suffering frommucormycosisorblack fungusin . According to Union Health ministry data,Telanganastands fifth in the country inblack fungus cases. Gujarat has the most cases with 2,859, followed by Maharashtra (2,770), while Andhra Pradesh has 768 cases.
Telangana received 1,889 amphotericin B vials for treatment of black fungus cases and another 1,980 vials will be released soon, the health ministry said. With the number of patients treated at the Government ENT hospital touching more than 200, doctors are conducting procedures on patients to remove fungus from the nasal track.
the challenge in treating mucormycosis patients in Telangana could get tougher in the coming days as the caseload in neighbouring states like Maharashtra and AP is also very high. It may be recalled Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Odisha, Telangana, Assam and Delhi have already declared black fungus as a notifiable disease under the Epidemic Diseases Act-1897.