Treatment for black fungus will be free: Maharashtra govt.

130 hospitals identified to provide anti-fungal care, State tells Bombay HC

The Maharashtra government on Tuesday told the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court on Monday that patients with mucormycosis (black fungus) will be treated free of cost and covered under the Mahatma Jotiba Phule Jan Aarogya Yojana (MJP JAY) and the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana. Maharashtra’s counsel told a division bench of Justices R.V. Ghuge and B.U. Debadwar that the government will be a capping the expenses for treating mucormycosis. He said about 130 hospitals in the State are identified to be providing facilities for anti-fungal treatment. Medicines for treating it will be available through the district civil surgeon and those admitted in hospitals for black fungus will be provided medicines free of cost. The court was also informed that 1,000 more hospitals are to be empanelled and 19 medical and surgical packages have been identified for treatment of mucormycosis under MJP JAY. The daily use and consumption of the required medicines by the hospitals while treating mucormychosis patients will be monitored through the MJP JAY web portal, the counsel said.