Bengaluru: With the surge in Mucormycosis or Black Fungus instances in Karnataka, the state authorities has selected Monday to begin treating the illness that usually seems as a post-Covid complication in folks attributable to extreme use of steroids.
Dr Okay Sudhakar, Minister for Health & Family Welfare and Medical Education for the Government of Karnataka, took to Twitter in regards to the precautions the state authorities has been taking Mucormycosis or Black Fungus sufferers. He urged folks to not panic and take all of the precautions after recovering from Covid.
🔹MMC, Mysuru, SIMS, Shivamogga, GIMS, Kalaburagi, KIMS, Hubballi, KMC, Manipal and Wenlock Hospital, Mangaluru have been recognized as regional centres to deal with Mucormycosis.
🔹I urge folks to not panic and take all precautions publish Covid restoration to forestall an infection.
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— Dr Sudhakar Okay (@mla_sudhakar) May 17, 2021
The Health Minister tweeted: “Mucormycosis is now a notified disease and all hospitals have to mandatorily report the cases. Government has ordered for 20,000 vials of Amphotericin B used for the treatment of Mucormycosis. Measures are being taken to identify sources of contamination to prevent infection.”
🔹 Mucormycosis is now a notified illness and all hospitals need to mandatorily report the instances.
🔹Govt has ordered for 20,000 vials of Amphotericin B used for remedy of Mucormycosis.
🔹Measures are being taken to determine sources of contamination to forestall an infection.
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— Dr Sudhakar Okay (@mla_sudhakar) May 17, 2021
He had enlisted regional centres to deal with Mucormycosis — MMC, Mysuru, SIMS, Shivamogga, GIMS, Kalaburagi, KIMS, Hubballi, KMC, Manipal and Wenlock Hospital, Mangaluru.
