Sunit Dhawan
Tribune News Service
Rohtak, May 28
An acute shortage of Amphotericin-B injections is affecting the treatment of the patients of mucormycosis (black fungus) infection admitted at the Rohtak PGIMS. With the number of black fungus patients increasing by the day, the injections being supplied by the state authorities remain grossly inadequate.
As of now, the PGIMS has 123 patients who require at least 600 doses (injections) per day. However, the number of doses being received is much less.
Sonepat man dies
A 45-year-old man from Sonepat admitted at the PGIMS for treatment of black fungus died on Friday. Some patients of black fungus have also lost their vision during the treatment.
Owing to the shortage of the drugs at the state's premier medical institute and unavailability at private medical stores, family members of the patients are being forced to buy these illegally at exorbitant rates.
There are reports of black fungus drugs being sold in the black market. Two territory managers of well-known pharmaceutical companies were recently arrested on the charges of selling Amphotericin-B injections at nearly 40 times the MRP.
Medical experts maintain that Liposomal Amphotericin-B is the drug of choice for the treatment of black fungus by virtue of its high effectiveness and minimal side-effects.
PGIMS Director Dr Rohtash K Yadav said the optimal use of the available drugs was being made and efforts were being made to procure more drugs from all possible sources in view of the rising cases.
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