27 Black Fungus Patients Get Post-Drug Vomiting, Fever In Madhya Pradesh

After the Amphotericin-B injection was given, the patients suffered mild adverse reactions like mild fever, shivering, and vomiting.

As many as 27 Black Fungus patients complained about mild adverse reactions after were given shots of Amphotericin-B at the government Bundelkhand Medical College (BMC) in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district, officials said on Saturday. After the incident, the use of Amphotericin-B, a key drug in the treatment of Black Fungus, was immediately stopped at the medical college. "At present, 42 patients are admitted at the mucormycosis ward of BMC. Out of these, 27 patients were administered Amphotericin-B injections. After the injection was administered, the patients suffered mild adverse reactions like mild fever, shivering, and vomiting. The use of the injection was immediately stopped after the incident," Dr Umesh Patel, spokesperson for the medical college said. However, Dr Patel said that the condition of all the patients is stable and there is nothing to fear.