Friday, 28 May 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
There is a huge demand for the injection used in treatment of Black fungus
Drawing flack for non availability of Amphotericin B injections used in the treatment of Mucormycosis patients, the state health department got some relief on Thursday as it received 15000 doses of the injection. The Drug controller Uttarakhand, Tajber Singh said the state government has received 15000 injections from Udham Singh Nagar based company VHB Medicosciences Limited. He said that the injections would be supplied to different hospitals of the state as per requirement. Singh added purchase orders for 1190 injections from different medical institutes have been given to different drug manufacturers. He said that the state had received 500 injections of Amphotericin B at the start of this week. The drug controller claimed that the state has 400 injections of Tocilizumab available with it and an order for 400 more has been given.
The infection of the Mucormycosis (Black Fungus) is steadily increasing in the state. The disease affects the eye and brain of the patients and the threat on their lives increases by the infection. The Uttarakhand government has notified the disease under the epidemic act and has mandated 12 Dedicated Covid hospitals for its treatment. In the state a total of 155 patients of Mucormycosis are undergoing treatment in different hospitals and 14 patients of the disease have died.
The supply of 15000 doses of the much sought after injection Amphotericin B would help in providing treatment to the patients admitted in the different hospitals of the state.
