Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday knowledgeable that as many as 111 patients, all COVID-19 survivors, are undergoing treatment for `mucormycosis’ infection in Mumbai hospitals. It also called the ‘Black Fungus’ and may flip deadly if not handled on time.
According to Additional municipal commissioner Suresh Kakani atleast 38 patients are being handled from the infection on the civic-run BY Nair Hospital, 34 at KEM Hospital, 32 at Sion Hospital and 7 at Cooper Hospital.
Further, Kakani mentioned that the mucormycosis infection is just not “contagious” and docs at COVID-19 hospitals are skilled to deal with it.
Meanwhile, state well being minister Rajesh Tope on Tuesday mentioned there could possibly be over 2,000 Mucormycosis patients in Maharashtra and with increasingly COVID- 19 circumstances arising, their quantity is more likely to enhance.
The state authorities has determined to pick out hospitals connected to medical schools for treatment of Mucormycosis patients because it calls for a multidisciplinary strategy, Tope mentioned.
As per docs, this fungal infection is generally discovered amongst COVID-19 patients affected by diabetes. Its signs embrace headache, fever, ache beneath the eyes, nasal or sinus congestion and partial lack of imaginative and prescient. Though, the excellent news is that if identified at an early stage, it may be cured fully.
