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At NCH, separate wards for men and women with 40 beds each have been set up with oxygen support and ventilators on standby.
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The deadly ‘black fungus’ or mucormycosis is spreading fast in the city with at least 83 patients taking treatment in the state-run New Civil Hospital (NCH) and Surat Municipal Corporation-run SMIMER.
In NCH 57 patients are under treatment while in SMIMER, 26 patients are under treatment.
Seven patients’ surgeries were done for mucormycosis, while six were operated in SMIMER.
In both the hospitals, separate wards have been created for MM patients.
At NCH, separate wards for men and women with 40 beds each have been set up with oxygen support and ventilators on standby.
NCH has requested the government to supply 2,000 amphotericin-B injections while SMC has also placed a request for this drug which is the only treatment for the fungus.
“Due to heavy use of steroids in the treatment of Covid-19 patients, especially those with diabetes, many are developing MM.
SMC is trying to ensure that these patients get proper treatment at government hospitals,” said a senior SMC official.
Apart from government hospitals, nearly 150 are admitted in different private hospitals at present.
With the rising number of patients, the biggest challenge for their families is a shortage of the amphotericin-B.
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