Ranchi: A citizen based in Giridh has written to the Chairman of the Minister of Hemant Soren, seek financial assistance to treat his mother Usha Devi (45), who suffer from mukormycosis (black mushrooms) and is currently recognized at the Rajendra medical institution managed by government science (rims ) In Ranchi.
According to Gaurav Gupta’s letter, the copy with TII, he begged with cm to save him from being a orphan because “his mother’s condition is very important and the doctors in the Rims have referred to a continued health center for more special care”.
In his letter, Gaurav said that they could not afford medical fees at another center.
“If he doesn’t provide special medical care at a higher center, he will die,” his letter reads.
He said that he had to buy drugs worth Rs 46,000 and he did not have the remaining money for his treatment.
“Initially, the doctors provided Amphotericin B to my mother from the side of the hospital.
However, I have to buy posaconazole and now I have no money left.” After contact, the public relations officer in the Rims, Dr.
DK Sinha said, “If the patient must buy a medicine From the outside, he will be returned if he produces a bill because mukormycosis has been notified as a pandemic in Jharkhand.
” In addition to asking for monetary assistance, Gaurav’s letter brought CM’s attention ‘lethargic attitude from the doctors in the Rims’ which caused the deteriorating condition of his mother.
He claimed that his mother had been received at the hospital for more than one and a half months and the negligence of the doctor made his condition critical.
“My mother was accepted at the Rims on May 17 after she began to bleed her nose.
The initial examination confirmed that she suffered a mukormycosis and as a result, she was given medicines needed for the next 14 days and on May 27, the conditions have risen.
However, she Developing will be under his left eye which doctors are ignored for more than a week by convincing us that it will subside.
However, it spread throughout his face but the doctors refused to operate it.
It’s more than three weeks now and he hasn’t undergone surgery, “said Gaurav to Toi.
Asking why the doctors refused to do surgery, he said, “After recurring requests they decided to operate on my mother on June 16.
His name was even included in the list but they deleted it said that blood sugar levels were fired and they would not do surgery.” After Contacts, Dr.
Sinha, said, “I don’t know why the operation was not done and I had to get this information from the Nodal officer at the ENT department.” When Tii contacted a doctor at the hospital, a senior doctor at the ENT department who chose anonymity said the lack of coordination among doctors from various departments must be blamed for this.
He claimed that some doctors didn’t even attend black mushroom patients every day.
“I have done operations in two patients and I know about the case of Usha Devi but a team of doctors who are formed to keep mukormycotic patients do not coordinate with other people needed for Debridement operations,” he said.
When asked about the number of operations carried out in black mushroom patients, Dr.
Sinha failed to provide data.
Press releases by Rims said that at this time, 22 mucoricosis patients were received in hospitals and they were treated according to the protocol.