48 in Haryana beat Covid-19, end up with black fungus infection

CHANDIGARH: Mucormycosis or black fungus accounted for 48 new cases and three deaths in Haryana on Thursday, taking the patient tally to 268 and the fatalities to eight.
Gurgaon reported maximum 109 cases, followed by Faridabad (40) and Sirsa (24). Four of the eight deaths were in Sirsa, while three in Gurgaon and one in Sonipat. The highest cases of black fungus were from Sirsa (21), followed by Hisar (8) and Gurgaon (5). In Rohtak, 42 people cured of Covid have reached the PGIMS with black fungus.
PGIMS medical superintendent Dr Pushpa Dahiya said the hospital was for Rohtak, Jind, Charkhi Dadri, and Mahendragarh districts but patients poured in from all over the state. This has created a crisis of antifungal injection Amphotericin and other medicines to treat Mucormycosis. The institute has made written request for more Amphotericin and medicines proportionate to the admissions.
Being on oxygen support during the Covid phase, the patients had not managed to wash their neck, mouth, eyes, and teeth. Black fungus has added to the workload of the institute that already has Covid patients from across the state to treat. Dr Dahiya called for load sharing among medical colleges.