'Black fungus' suspect admitted in Srinagar hospital

Srinagar, May 23 (IANS) A patient suspected of black fungus infection was admitted to a hospital on Sunday in Srinagar city.Doctors at the government dental college said a patient suspected of mucormycosis is admitted in the hospital."The patient is a post-Covid patient. He had tested positive on May 5 and recovered later."He has been on long term use of steroids and is suffering from uncontrolled diabetes. This makes the patient highly vulnerable to opportunistic fungal infection."We will be taking a biopsy of the infected tissue and the confirmation would be received in two days," a senior doctor at the dental college said.The doctor at the dental college confirmed that a black fungus patient was successfully treated by them in November 2020.A patient stricken with black fungal infection succumbed at the government medical college hospital in Jammu on Friday.
--IANS sq/vd