No Discrimination Over Allocating Drugs To Treat Black Fungus: Centre To High Court

Black Fungus Cases Maharashtra: The Bombay High Court directed both the Union and the Maharashtra governments to file their respective affidavits on the submissions made during the hearing. It will hear the plea further on June 25.

The Union government today informed the Bombay High Court that anti-fungal drugs for treating Mucormycosis or Black Fungus had been allocated to states on a need-based system and there was no discrimination against any state, including Maharashtra. Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Anil Singh told the court that the Centre had been supplying anti-fungal drugs to Maharashtra on a regular basis. While Amphotericin B, the drug used for treating Mucormycosis, was in short supply, the Union government had been trying its best to meet the demands raised by all state governments, he said. "Nobody can dispute we are allocating as per drug availability in the country and the demands raised by states," ASG Singh said.