Madurai MP wants immediate import of medicine to treat black fungal disease

As the drug was available outside India in abundance, he asked the Centre to import the drug immediately

Madurai MP, Su. Venkatesan, has appealed to Union Minister for Health Harsh Vardhan, to take efforts for immediately importing Liposomal Amphotericin B, a drug to treat mucormycosis, black fungal disease. Stating that amidst the increasing spread of COVID infections in southern States, the black fungal infection was adding to the problems to existing pandemic. Many states including Tamil Nadu have understood the gravity of the situation and have declared it as a notified disease. “Though the number of infected persons with black fungal disease is much lesser than Corona infections, Mucormycosis was causing significant increase in mortality rate and is considered as a serious disease to treat,” the Communist Party of India (Marxist) MP said.