Financial help for MM patients

Surat: City-based Kiran Hospital has come to the help of patients from the low-income group who are now suffering from mucormycosis infection after defeating Covid-19.
The hospital on Wednesday gave cheques of Rs 1 lakh each to 25 patients who are undergoing treatment for mucormycosis. The hospital administration said in a statement that it will continue giving cheques every week as treatment for mucormycosis is expensive.
The hospital also said that it will bear the expenses of over Rs 1 crore for all medicines needed during the treatment. The initiative was taken up by the hospital as after the surgery for mucormycosis, 180 injections have to be administered to a patient over a span of 45 days.
The hospital has discharged 20 patients after their surgeries while 70 are currently admitted there.