Kurnool Government General Hospital performs record black fungus surgeries
Updated Jul 11, 2021, 7:40 am IST
Around 275 patients from Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka were admitted in the hospital for black fungus treatment
KGGH, a nodal hospital for treating black fungus cases has set a record by performing 175 surgeries in 35 days. (Representational image: AFP)
Kurnool: The Kurnool Government General Hospital (KGGH) which has become a nodal hospital for treating mucormycosis (black fungus) cases has set a record by performing 175 surgeries in 35 days. Of them 155 patients were discharged and they had no post-operational complications, said hospital superintendent Dr G. Narendranath Reddy.
He told media persons here on Saturday that black fungus was a disease that is observed in post-Covid patients. Surgical intervention alone provides a life-saving treatment.