More Mucormycosis patients get admitted to ENT Hospital
The Hindu
‘If need be, all five OTs will be used to operate on patients’
The number of patients with Mucormycosis or Black Fungus to have been admitted to the Government ENT Hospital, Koti, has increased to 20. The hospital was recently turned into the nodal centre for admission and treatment of such cases. Of the 20, two were operated on. Investigations and medical procedures in the run-up to the surgery are being offered to the remaining 18 patients. Superintendent of the hospital, T. Shankar said they have allotted two out of the five operation theatres (OTs) to such cases. “If need be, all five OTs will be used for operation of Black Fungus patients,” he added.More Related News