Desh Sewak

Black Fungus

J&K sees 170 new cases in renewed Covid spurt

The police in Tripura on Thursday arrested five persons associated with the ruling BJP after a group of people severely assaulted a Block Development Officer (BDO) and nine other government employees in southern Tripura, the police said.J&K on Thursday saw a renewed Covid spurt with 170 new cases and 98 recoveries reported during the last 24 hours. Officials said 41 cases and 12 recoveries were reported from the Jammu division and 129 cases and 86 recoveries from the Kashmir division. Srinagar district reported 70 new

Two die of black fungus in Himachal

Himachal Pradesh Health department today said that during the treatment of Black Fungus including a woman two persons died in Indira Gandhi Medical College Hospital today. Both the patients were under treatment

715 new Covid-19 cases and 10 deaths in Jammu and Kashmir

A total of 715 new Covid-19 cases and 10 deaths were reported in J&K on Tuesday while 1,830 patients were discharged after recovery.

Mucormycosis caseload crosses 1K-mark in TN: Minister

Tamil Nadu Medical and Family Welfare minister Ma Subramanian has said that the mucormycosis (black fungus) cases in the state have crossed 1000. He was speaking to reporters at the Government Medical College hospital, Omandarur Estate, Chennai on Tuesday.

Fraudsters in the name of injections used for Corona and Black Fungus

While the whole country is battling the Corona epidemic in which thousands of social organizations are working shoulder to shoulder with the governments, some greedy people are playing with people's lives for their own benefit and are deceiving them.

Tele-consultation - a blessing in disguise in this pandemic

During the second phase of Covid-19 pandemic, when the normal OPDs were not running and patients were not getting the medical consultations, the doctors from Delhi, Dr Anupam Kumar Ranjan, Senior resident, Emergency Medicine, AIIMS,

First Skin Black Fungus Case reported from Chitradurga district in Karnataka

The first Skin Black fungus case in the country has been reported from the Chitradurga district headquarters, according to Dr NB Pralhad, ENT surgeon here.

DC review Covid-19 prevention works

Ranchi DC Chhavi Ranjan today reviewed the works of various district level treasuries constituted for the prevention of Covid-19 wherein he gave necessary instructions to the nodal officials of all the treasuries after taking detailed information about the undertaken work.

Racket involved in selling fake medicines for black fungus busted, 2 arrested

Two medicine shop owners in Prayagraj have been arrested on charges of peddling fake black fungus medication. The development comes a day after; a medical representative and a property dealer were arrested in Kanpur as part of the conspiracy.

Black fungus : By-product of extinct social consciousness : Dr Deepak V. Haldipur

Black fungus, the new scare and of late the most debated problem is nothing else but a by-product of extinct social consciousness, exclaims Dr Deepak V. Haldipur, renowned ENT specialist widely revered for his expertise in handling Black fungus cases.

Two die of black fungus in IGMC Hospital, Shimla

Two patient under treatment for Mucormycosis at Indra Gandhi Medical College Hospital of Shimla succumbed. They were also suffering with Diabetic Ketoacidosis and tested positive for COVID-19.

Punjab CM rolls out new initiative of youth cadre to fight Covid under Mission Fateh 2.0

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday rolled out a new initiative, involving youth, to take forward the state’s Mission Fateh 2.0 as part of the 'Corona Mukt Punjab Abhiyan' (Covid-free Punjab Campaign), with directions to form groups of seven Rural Corona Volunteers (RCVs) per village or municipal ward as a cadre to fight the pandemic.

As confirmed Black Fungus cases in Punjab rise to 188, CM orders ramp-up of alternate drugs

With as many as 188 cases of mucormycosis (black fungus) reported so far in the state, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday ordered ramp-up of stocks of alternate drugs to treat the disease, in view of the shortage of Amphotericin, making Punjab the first state in the country to make effective use of alternative medicines to treat the disease.

Black Fungus : Complicated Challenges in Treatment

The lives of the general public is already shattered by the hardships, pain and sorrow from the second wave of Covid-19 mutated viruses. As if these adverse conditions weren't enough they are now challenged with the fear of Black fungus infections.

Isolation centers established in all 305 Panchayats of Jammu district : DC

Deputy Commissioner Jammu Anshul Garg today said that over 20 thousand persons of 18-45 age group have been inoculated in the district. Briefing the media persons about the covid care and control measures, he said that more vaccination centres will be added soon with the augmentation of vaccine supply.

Be it black or white fungus, sugar control is the key: Doctors

Nagpur has reported four cases of ‘white fungus’ or Candidiasis in last two days in Covid-19 recovered patients. While these are only the known cases of the infection, the real number could be even more.