Govt Should Clarify: Rahul Seeks Centre’s Response On Black Fungus

Mumbai: Amid the rise in cases, expressing concern over a rise in black fungus or Mucormycosis cases in the country, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday again targeted the central government on its efforts to curb the rise in fungal infection.

Taking to Twitter, he sought answers from the Centre to three of his questions.

“Central Government should clarify about the Black fungus epidemic – 1. What is being done for Amphotericin B drug shortage?
2. What is the procedure for getting this medicine to the patient?
3. Instead of giving treatment, why is the public getting bogged down in formalities by the government?” he posted on his Twitter page.

https://twitter.com/RahulGandhi/status/1399565174227492870?s=20

Though, Gandhi had previously also targeted the Centre and blamed the “inefficiency” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government for the “epidemic of black fungus along with the COVID pandemic” in the country.

However, Rahul Gandhi’s comments have come a day after the Delhi High Court asked the Centre and Delhi government to come out with a policy on the distribution of Amphotericin-B, used for treating black fungus patients, and take the “cruel decision” of excluding certain age group or class of people till the drug is in shortage.

Since the bench has asked them not to leave the decision to the doctors and form a clear policy in this regard and told the counsel for the Centre and Delhi government to come back with instructions on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Cases of Covid19 that has triggered black fungus across the country have witnessed a significant increase, which has also led to a significant rise in the death toll.

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