Jammu witnesses first ‘Black Fungus’ case
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May 21, 2021 14:08 IST
The sugar level of the patient, which is around 900, could be due to long-term use of steroid drugs, she said.
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The sugar level of the patient, which is around 900, could be due to long-term use of steroid drugs, she said.
Jammu and Kashmir’s winter capital Jammu witnessed the first case of mucormycosis or ‘Black Fungus’ at the Government Medical Collage (GMC) on Friday.
“A mucormycosis case has been found in a 40-year-old patient. The patient, who recovered from COVID-19, is now suffering from uncontrolled diabetes. He is under observation,” Dr. Shashi Sudan, Principal of the GMC, said.
May 12, 2021
To boost infrastructure development in J&K, more than 500 projects worth more than $80 million have been completed, and more than 2,000 projects worth nearly $800 million have been approved. Courtesy file photo
NEW DELHI Despite enormous challenges facing the country in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the federal government in India has been making constant efforts to create opportunities for citizens to transform the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) into a secular, decentralized, and a diverse region as well as to ensure all-inclusive development, efficient governance, socio-economic justice for disadvantaged sections of the society as well as quantum improvement in the lives of all in the UT without any discrimination.
SRINAGAR: In view of the rising Covid-19 cases in Jammu and Kashmir, National Conference President and Member of Parliament, Srinagar Dr. Farooq Abdullah today in a letter issued to Deputy Commissioner Srinagar recommended the release Rs.1.40 crores towards, improving the Covid care facilities in the hospitals falling under the jurisdiction of his Parliamentary Constituency.
As per the letter, Dr. Farooq Abdullah recommended the Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar to allocate Rs. 50 lakhs to Directorate of Health Services Kashmir and Rs. 30 lakhs each to Govt CD Hospital Srinagar, SMHS Hospital Srinagar and SKIMS Medical College Srinagar.
While sharing the letter on their twitter handle JKNC wrote,
Farooq Abdullah Offers â¹ 1.4 Crore From His MP Fund For Covid Management
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SRINAGAR: National Conference president and Member of Parliament Farooq Abdullah on Saturday recommended the release of â¹Â 1.4 crore from his MPLADS fund towards improving the COVID care facilities in certain hospitals of Kashmir.
In a letter to Srinagar Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Aijaz Asad, Abdullah said the funds be utilised for improving the COVID care facilities in the hospitals falling under the jurisdiction of his parliamentary constituency, which is spread over Srinagar, Budgam and Ganderbal districts.
“In view of the fact that COVID-19 is spreading at an alarming rate in Kashmir, I think it most appropriate to use the MPLADS Funds released by the Government of India recently in my favour mainly towards improving the COVID care facilities in the hospitals falling under the jurisdiction of my parliamentary constituency,” he said.
2 Oxygen Generation Plants Made Functional in North Kashmir
SRINAGAR: To meet any possible eventuality amid the ongoing onslaught of Covid-19 pandemic, Directorate of Health Services Kashmir Saturday made two oxygen plants, each with 1000 LPM capacity, functional in north-Kashmir.
The oxygen plants were made functional at SDH Kupwara and Sopore, during an extensive tour by Director Health Services Kashmir Mushtaq Ahmad on the directions of Financial Commissioner Health & Medical Education Department, J&K, Atal Dullo, in the presence of Deputy Commissioner Kupwara Imam-ud-Din (at SDH Kupwara).
Both the plants have been made fully functional and serve as big relief for the inhabitants of north Kashmir amidst Covid crisis, reads a Directorate statement. Patients indicated for high flow oxygen will be treated at their door steps while as only critical patients shall be referred to tertiary care, it says.