Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday stated 50 people have died due to black fungus in the state to date, whereas 650 more are present process remedy for the an infection in varied hospitals.
“There have been over 750 cases of black fungus in Haryana so far. Fifty-eight have been cured while 50 people have lost their lives and 650 patients are seeking treatment,” Khattar stated throughout a information convention right here.
Addressing the convention nearly, he stated the federal government was procuring the injection used in remedy of black fungus whereas some inventory was already accessible and was getting used in authorities hospitals.
“We have received 6,000 injection vials. Over the subsequent two days, we are going to get 2,000 vials more whereas we have positioned an order for one more 5,000 vials,” he stated.
Earlier on Thursday, Health Minister Anil Vij had directed officers to enhance the variety of beds in all authorities medical faculties of the state from 20 to 75 to deal with sufferers contaminated with black fungus or mucormycosis.
Vij had directed officers that medicines must be made accessible to these sufferers as required with none delay and that there must be no scarcity of injections and different medicines.
The variety of black fungus or mucormycosis circumstances has been on the rise in the state through the previous two weeks. Earlier, Vij had stated the state authorities has made a requisition of 12,000 injections of Amphotericin-B, the drug used for treating black fungus, from the central authorities.
The Haryana authorities had lately declared black fungus a notified illness, making it obligatory for docs to report any case of the illness to the chief medical officer of the district involved.
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