Tamil Nadu reports 518 black fungus cases, 136 of them in Chennai
A multi-specialty clinic for black fungus was on Tuesday inaugurated at Chennai’s Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital consisting of ENT, Ophthalmology, and Internal Medicine doctors.
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A doctor checking a patient at the newly inaugurated multi-specialty clinic for mucormycosis at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital. (Photo| Ashwin Prasath, EPS)
Express News Service
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu has reported 518 cases and 17 deaths related to mucormycosis (black fungus), a notified fungal disease infecting people across the country.
Health Minister Ma Subramanian, who inaugurated a multi-specialty clinic for mucormycosis at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, said out of 518 black fungus cases, 136 were from Chennai.