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Patna: Top hospitals in Bihar are facing an acute shortage of drugs used to treat deadly mucormycosis, also known as black fungus, which has been declared an epidemic in the state.
The crisis of drugs comes amid the black fungus cases registering an alarming rise in the state in the past fortnight. The state has reported a total of 369 cases till Sunday, according to an official report. The disease has already claimed 23 lives so far.
The shortage of antifungal injection at two hospitals in Patna All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) has caused further trouble to the patients battling black fungus. Both these hospitals have been selected as centres of excellence for treatment of back fungus by the Bihar government.
Patna: The Indian state of Bihar has reported the highest number of deaths of doctors from COVID-19 in the country during its second wave, triggering panic among the medical fraternity.
According to a report of the Indian medical Association (IMA) released on Thursday, of the total 329 doctors falling victims to COVID-19, 96 (ninety six) alone are from Bihar, a state where the patient-doctor ratio already remains a matter of serious concern.
Against the national patient-doctor ratio of 1.4 doctors per 1,000 patients, it is one doctor for 2,400 patients in Bihar. This amply explains how the death of doctors is a big loss for Bihar. During the first wave, 49 doctors had died.