Cases reaching ENT Hospital go up

Number of Mucormycosis patients undergoing treatment more than bed capacity

The number of patients going to Government ENT Hospital, Koti, has gone up in the last one week after Black Fungus cases started to rise. Such is the demand that the number of Mucormycosis (Black Fungus) patients undergoing treatment is more than its bed capacity of 200. And there were a little over 90 COVID patients along with Black Fungus at Gandhi Hospital. Several Mucormycosis patients who underwent surgery at corporate hospitals opted the ENT hospital for post-surgery treatment. ENT doctors said that people who usually opt corporate hospitals are inclined to get admitted to government hospitals. Reason. Availability of important anti-fungal medicines such as Liposomal Amphotericin B, and Posaconazole, at govt. health facilities. These medicines are in short supply in the market and private hospitals have to file online application to get them. There are 200 beds at the Government ENT Hospital.