Bhubaneswar: With six new cases, the number of people infected with mucormycosis (also known as black fungus) in the state has gone up to 109.
However, no new death has been reported during the last one week.
A total of 17 people have died due to fungal infection.
AIIMS Bhubaneswar Nearly half of the total cases detected in the state have been reported. The patients were undergoing treatment to protect them from the deadly infection. The national body has so far reported six deaths and three discharged cases.
The number of mucormycosis patients at AIIMS Bhubaneswar has touched 51 cases till Saturday, including five suspected cases. Patients were being treated in a separate ward made in the ENT department of the hospital.
AIIMS Bhubaneswar Medical Superintendent Satchidananda Mohanty said 39 patients have undergone surgery so far during treatment. He said that some patients have lost their eyes due to black fungus infection.
Public Health Director Niranjan Mishra said that the state has received death figures from various hospitals treating them. case of black fungus.
“So far we have information about seventeen confirmed deaths. No new case of death has been reported in the last one week.”
Out of 109 patients, 10 persons have recovered from the disease. “The number of black fungus cases in our state is less as compared to other states. The treatment of the patients is going smoothly,” said the director of public health.
Mishra said there is a shortage of amphotericin B drug (used to treat black fungus) in the market.
“The Center is controlling the supply of this medicine. Whatever quota the Center is issuing for the states, we get it accordingly. There is an issue of shortage of this black fungus medicine in the state,” he said.
Health professionals treating hospitals also flagged the shortage of amphotericin B drug. A senior doctor at a government hospital said that they sometimes face problems due to the shortage of this medicine.
Posaconazole, another drug, has been recommended as a second-line treatment for black fungus.
Fungal infection first affects the nasal cavity, sinuses and then affects the eyes and then moves to the brain. The patient’s vision may be lost due to the closure of the vascular supply.
The state government has declared black fungus as a notable disease under the Epidemic Act. Essential doctors, paramedics and nurses have been trained by the capacity building team through three series of webinars.
However, no new death has been reported during the last one week.
A total of 17 people have died due to fungal infection.
AIIMS Bhubaneswar Nearly half of the total cases detected in the state have been reported. The patients were undergoing treatment to protect them from the deadly infection. The national body has so far reported six deaths and three discharged cases.
The number of mucormycosis patients at AIIMS Bhubaneswar has touched 51 cases till Saturday, including five suspected cases. Patients were being treated in a separate ward made in the ENT department of the hospital.
AIIMS Bhubaneswar Medical Superintendent Satchidananda Mohanty said 39 patients have undergone surgery so far during treatment. He said that some patients have lost their eyes due to black fungus infection.
Public Health Director Niranjan Mishra said that the state has received death figures from various hospitals treating them. case of black fungus.
“So far we have information about seventeen confirmed deaths. No new case of death has been reported in the last one week.”
Out of 109 patients, 10 persons have recovered from the disease. “The number of black fungus cases in our state is less as compared to other states. The treatment of the patients is going smoothly,” said the director of public health.
Mishra said there is a shortage of amphotericin B drug (used to treat black fungus) in the market.
“The Center is controlling the supply of this medicine. Whatever quota the Center is issuing for the states, we get it accordingly. There is an issue of shortage of this black fungus medicine in the state,” he said.
Health professionals treating hospitals also flagged the shortage of amphotericin B drug. A senior doctor at a government hospital said that they sometimes face problems due to the shortage of this medicine.
Posaconazole, another drug, has been recommended as a second-line treatment for black fungus.
Fungal infection first affects the nasal cavity, sinuses and then affects the eyes and then moves to the brain. The patient’s vision may be lost due to the closure of the vascular supply.
The state government has declared black fungus as a notable disease under the Epidemic Act. Essential doctors, paramedics and nurses have been trained by the capacity building team through three series of webinars.
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