Black Fungus: 700 Cases In 7 Days In Karnataka, Expert Panel To Study Source Of Infection
Mumbai: The Karnataka government on Sunday issued an order permitting all state-run medical college hospitals and district hospitals to provide suitable treatment for Mucormycosis or black fungus, with the state witnessing surge in infections.
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State’s Deputy Chief Minister CN Ashwath Narayan said the state has recorded about 700 cases of black fungus infections in the last week, as he directed experts to find its sources, with doubts being expressed about oxygen supply, quality of piping and cylinders used for it.
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According to the circular issued by the Additional Chief Secretary Health and Family Welfare Department Jawaid Akhtar, permission was given to medical college hospitals and district hospitals to provide treatment, as Mucormycosis cases are being reported from almost all the districts.
However, Dr Sampath Chandra Prasad Rao, skull surgeon, Manipal Hospital (Bengaluru) made the presentation about mucormycosis at the meeting and felt the probable reasons for the surge in black fungus may be contamination.
Rao said, “To meet the rise in demand, industrial oxygen is being procured in large quantity and questions have been emanated, about, whether the oxygen supplied from industries match the quality of medical oxygen or not. This could also be one of the reasons.”
Meanwhile, the DCM has asked the microbiologists to record the clinical history of the patient affected by mucormycosis and to do the data analytics.
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