Thursday, March 28, 2024

Black fungus

India records more than 45,000 cases of ‘black fungus’ over two months

By AFP NEW DELHI: India recorded more than 45,000 cases of the deadly "black fungus" over the last two months, the health ministry said, as...

Maharashtra cop kills self with service weapon after losing eyesight to black fungus 

By PTI NAGPUR: A 46-year-old policeman, who recently lost both his eyes to Mucormycosis, allegedly killed himself using his service pistol in Maharashtra's Nagpur...

85 per cent of black fungus cases in Covid patients: Data

By Express News Service NEW DELHI: India has reported 40,845 mucormycosis or black fungus cases during the Covid-19 second wave so far, nearly 85%...

Indian missions working on war footing to get medicines for black fungus: Centre to SC

By PTI NEW DELHI: The Centre has told the Supreme Court that Indian missions all over the world have been working on a "war footing"...

Over 230 Black Fungus deaths in Andhra Pradesh: Health department data

By PTI AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh has so far reported 237 Black Fungus (mucormycosis) deaths, the Health Department data said on Friday.In all, 3,148 mucormycosis...

Three held from Thane for black-marketing black fungus medicine

By PTI THANE: Police have arrested three people here in Maharashtra for allegedly black-marketing a key drug used in the treatment of mucormycosis or...

Black fungus affects intestines, pancreas of patients: Madhya Pradesh doctors

By PTIINDORE: Mucormycosis or black fungus has been detected in the intestines and pancreas of a few patients, besides affecting lungs and brain,...

Govt allocates additional 1.7 lakh vials of Amphotericin-B to states, UTs

By PTI NEW DELHI: The government has allocated an additional 1.7 lakh vials of Amphotericin-B drug, used to treat black fungus infection, to states...

79 complex surgeries of black fungus, infection had reached the brain of four

Four complex operations for Black Fungus (mucormycosis) have been done in last one week at AIIMS. The patients are healthy after the operation which lasted eight to 12 hours. AIIMS management said that now 79 operations have been done...

Uttar Pradesh: Doctors successfully operate on 14-day-old child infected with black fungus

By PTI AGRA: Doctors at Sarojini Naidu Medical College (SNMC) in Agra successfully operated on a newborn who had symptoms of black fungus (Mucormycosis)...

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MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday said that his party was firm on contesting from Maharashtra's...