Man struck by COVID, black fungus at a time
Man struck by COVID, black fungus at a time
ByArchana DahiwalArchana Dahiwal / Updated: Jul 7, 2021, 06:00 IST
DOUBLE WHAMMY
YCMH, where it is the first such case
In an alarming medical occurrence, a 45-year-old man from Pimpri-Chinchwad admitted to the
Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital (YCMH),
Pimpri, has been diagnosed with COVID-19 and the dreaded mucormycosis at the same time.
The black fungus was detected on June 30, after he tested
COVID positive on June 29. This, to an extent, challenges the thought that the two infections cannot exist simultaneously in a patient, and that the black fungus is usually a post-COVID complication, said city doctors.