Noida/Ghaziabad: A out patient department (OPD) for healing mucormycosis began working in the MMG District Hospital at Ghaziabad in Monday. After informing the disease underneath the Epidemic Diseases Act, the authorities had recently led district hospitals to begin OPDs to take care of patients having black fungus. The OPDs will run from 10 am to noon every day, except Sundays. On the very first evening, the Ghaziabad clinic observed four patients and none of them possess the disease, officials said. Dr Rakesh Kumar in the ENT section of MMG District Hospital and also Dr Anurag Bhargava in the ophthalmology department are granted the responsibility for healing the sufferers. At Noidaan OPD was started in the district hospital weekly to attend patients using eye-related queries. The practice includes an ophthalmologist, a doctor and an ENT specialist and according to officers, it’s becoming 8-10 patients each day. “Most sufferers have dry or itchy eyes. They’re fearing that it may be black fungus. We’ve never obtained any confirmed case however,” explained Dr Renu Aggarwal, chief medical superintendent, district hospital, and Noida. Indian Medical Association’s helpline at Noida is becoming 50 percent more calls looking for eye appointment in contrast to two weeks back. For the last couple of days, the helpline has listed 15-20 calls each day. “In the majority of instances, it’s Covid-related conjunctivitis or disturbances at the adrenal gland following Covid. Sometimes, you can find retinal vessel complications because of the usage of anti-coagulants. The majority of these may be treated just like any other disease,” explained Dr Mohita Sharma, secretary, and IMA at Noida, who’s also an ophthalmologist.