The company in a statement said that SMIMER Hospital and the New Civil hospital both received the first of the 22 oxygen generators capable of producing 700 litres/minute of oxygen.
In NCH 57 patients are under treatment while in SMIMER, 26 patients are under treatment.
Seven patients’ surgeries were done for mucormycosis, while six were operated in SMIMER. In both the hospitals, separate wards have been created for MM patients. At NCH, separate wards for men and women with 40 beds each have been set up with oxygen support and ventilators on standby.
NCH has requested the government to supply 2,000 amphotericin-B injections while SMC has also placed request for this drug which is the only treatment for the fungus.
“Due to heavy use of steroids in the treatment of Covid-19 patients, especially those with diabetes, many are developing MM. SMC is trying to ensure that these patients get proper treatment at government hospitals,” said a senior SMC official.
Surat: Surat city registered 631 new Covid-19 cases and nine deaths on Friday. According to Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC), the deceased included a 36-year-old man from Sarthana, a 33-year-old man from Anand Mahal Road, a 43-year-old woman from Punagam and a 47-year-old woman from Parvat Patiya among others.
Rander zone recorded highest daily cases with 174, while the lowest number of cases were recorded in Limbayat zone (40) on Friday. The central and Udhna zones 43 cases each.
According to SMC officials, as on Friday, 44,230 people were under home quarantine and 2,207 patients were under treatment in different Covid-19 hospitals of the city.
Against 631 new Covid-19 cases, 1,410 patients were discharged from different hospitals in the city. As infection cases are declining, bed occupancy in SMIMER hospital was 21% while that in New Civil Hospital was 28% as on Friday.
Surat: About 220 teaching doctors of Government Medical College (GMC) held a cycle rally in the campus on Thursday and resumed protest for their pendi.
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A light micrograph of a mature sporangium of a mucor fungus. India is seeing a rise in cases of mucormycosis, a rare but dangerous fungal infection. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images
It s called the black fungus, and it can be deadly. It s also adding to India s growing COVID-19 woes at the moment.
On Sunday, the Indian Council of Medical Research and India s Health Ministry issued an advisory calling for better awareness, screening and management of mucormycosis, a rare but dangerous fungal infection.
The symptoms of mucormycosis are mild at first and can often be missed in the initial stages.