Mumbai: In a major transfer, the Maharashtra government on Monday knowledgeable the Bombay High Court that it’s going to deal with all patients suffering from mucormycosis or black fungus at designated hospitals free of value moreover planning to cap the treatment charges in personal hospitals.
The treatment shall be given at pre-identified hospitals and nursing houses within the state below the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana and the Pradhan Mantra Jan Arogya Yojana.
The government additionally knowledgeable a division bench on the Aurangabad Bench, comprising Justice R.V. Ghuge and Justice B.U. Debadwar {that a} GR to this impact has been issued on May 18.
While 130 hospitals within the state are notified below these two schemes, one other 1000 shall be empaneled and the medicines required for mucormycosis treatment shall be offered free of value, it mentioned.
Given the excessive value of treatment for the illness, the state can be planning to cap the treatment value in personal hospitals.
“It is thus, apparent that the state of Maharashtra has come up with a specific policy to treat mucormycosis. Private hospitals too will be restrained from raising astronomical bills,” the judges famous.
It additional mentioned that it expects the state government to accord extensive publicity to this coverage in order that the poorest of poor, the illiterate or semi-literate and individuals in remotest or tribal areas develop into conscious of the identical.
According to Health Minister Rajesh Tope, Maharashtra has until date witnessed over 1,500-plus mucormycosis instances and greater than 100 deaths, each highest within the nation, moreover shortages of the drug Liposomal Amphotericin-B used to deal with the illness.
