From low immunity to use of steroids: Causes of Mucormycosis or Black Fungus infection explained
Mucormycosis, popularly known as black fungus infection could turn deadly if it attacks the eye or brain
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As the second wave of coronavirus pandemic is continuing to wreak havoc in India, several Indian states like Delhi, Karnataka, and Kerala have reported a rising incidence of mucormycosis or Black Fungus infection among Covid-19 patients. AIIMS director Dr. Sandeep Guleria recently told that secondary infections, both fungal and bacterial are causing mortality and morbidity among patients.
Mucormycosis could turn deadly
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Retired police officer K.S.N. Murthy, who was popularly known as Gabbar Singh, died of Covid-19. He was 78 and survived by his wife and two sons.
The former Indian Police Service (IPS) official breathed his last on Sunday at a private hospital in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, where he was living since his retirement in the year 2000. Murthy served in various capacities in the police department in the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh.
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Hailing from Andhra, the officer s first posting in Hyderabad was in the old city in late 1980s. As Assistant Commissioner of Police, Charminar, he firmly dealt with anti-social elements and habitual offenders.
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With the exponential rise in Covid-19 cases during the second wave of the Covid-19pandemic, Karnataka is also witnessing an increase in the number of deaths. But what is worrisome is dead bodies are found in decomposed condition due to its metropolitan culture, where interaction with neighbours is near zero.
This culture has plunged to another abyss, after the emergence of the Covid pandemic, even our own near and dear ones have either become pariahs or treat us one like pariah, after either of us realise that some of us are taken ill.