Bengaluru, May 20 : Health and Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar Today said that Mucormycosis or black fungus infection is now a notifiable disease and no hospital or medical establishment having the capacity to provide treatment should deny admission of patients.
In a series of tweets, the Minister said,”an official government order towards this will be notified soon.”
”Since all these specialist doctors are available in our District Hospitals and Government Medical Colleges, people can avail treatment for Mucormycosis in these hospitals apart from Bowring and other designated regional hospitals.
The treatment of post-covid Mucormycosis or black fungus infection found in some cases requires multi-disciplinary approach involving ENT specialist, anaesthetist, opthalmologist and maxillofacial surgeon.
The 5th oxygen express 160MT oxygen in 8 containers has reached Bengaluru from Tatanagar Thursday morning,” he said.
Talking to mediapersons here, he said districts across the state with more number of covid-19 cases will get 25 oxygen concentrators.
He said the state health department has been working to provide more assistance including ICU and oxygen in all medical colleges across the state.(UNI)