CHANDIGARH: As many as 111 instances of Mucormycosis, much better called black parasite disease, have now been reported from different parts of Punjab up until Monday. Health minister Balbir Singh Sidhu stated that 25 of those cases were reported at the government medical centers, whereas the rest 86 have already been reported from hospitals. These instances were mostly found at the patients that have recently recovered in Covid-19 or so are immuno-compromised or patients regained from Covid with assistance of steroids or even immuno-modulators, patients with oxygen assistance for extended time or people with diabetes. The minister stated this to deal with this disorder, antifungal medication are needed and their distribution was governed by the central authorities. There are two important shots available that were being supplied to the conditions by the central authorities and nobody can secure these medications in the available market right. Professional set of the Punjab government had finalised the treatment protocols and a professional committee was formed to inform the treating physicians or doctors, he maintained. The specialist committee includes Professor and head of the division of medicine in the government medical school in Patiala Dr R P S Sibia along with several other specialist physicians in the government medical school in Amritsar along with other private hospitals at Mohali and Ludhiana. Dr Gagandeep Singh Grover, say application officer (IDSP) is the convener of this committee. Any healing hospital requiring information might process the committee on email address mucorpunjab@gmail.com or over cellular 8872090028 (Dr Gagandeep Grover). Any hospital requiring shot Liposomal Amphotericin-B and shot Amphotericin-B may also approach that particular committee. The committee could analyze the requests. All patients of all black fungus need to get advised by the treatment institution or doctor as the disorder is currently a notified disorder in Punjab. The symptoms include facial swelling or pain, stuffy nose or brownish nasal discharge, misaligned, jagged teeth, redness, swelling or swelling of your eye, fever, shortness of breath, headache, altered sensorium, blurry or double vision.
111 Instances of black fungus Disease reported in Punjab
