Maze of rules to get black fungus drugs in AP
Updated Jun 11, 2021, 12:19 am IST
Once a doctor prescribes an injection for MucorMycosis, patient’s attendants are made to run after several officers to get signatures
Doctor checks a patient suspected for mucormycosis or black fungus at NMMC Hospital, Vashi in Navi Mumbai. (Representational Photo: AFP)
Nellore: The procedure insisted upon by the medical and health department to obtain Amphotericin B injection to treat the dreaded black fungus (MucorMycosis) has made it grueling for the desperate attendants of patients, forcing them to run from pillar to post for signatures of medical officers and senior officials in health and revenue departments.
Officials put up a brave front
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The sharp rise in daily infections in Chittoor district, the highest in the State, triggers worries about an uncertain future
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The sharp rise in daily infections in Chittoor district, the highest in the State, triggers worries about an uncertain future
With eight government COVID hospitals available in Tirupati, Chittoor and elsewhere in the district, the medical and health officials put up a brave front in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, but the fear of an uncertain future scenario is writ large on their faces. Chittoor district has been reporting the highest number of daily cases and casualties in the second second wave of the pandemic so far.