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Doctors treat a Black Fungus infected patient at Mucormycosis ward of government ENT hospital in Hyderabad. (Photo: PTI)

Severe black fungus cases decrease in Hyderabad

Black fungus was noticed due to the immune-compromised state of the cell because of Covid-19 virus and also misuse,...

15 Jun 2021 2:30 AM IST

If the BJP, now in power at the Centre, could run the vaccination programme as efficiently as it seeks to run elections, we could perhaps see light at the end of this dark tunnel. (Photo: AFP)

Vaccination for students going abroad on June 6

Slots need to be booked on https://www.health.telangana.gov.in

4 Jun 2021 2:37 AM IST

Health workers attend the COVID-19 patients at Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad, on May 24, 2021. (PTI)

Covid-19 surges ahead in rural Telangana

More than 100 new cases are reported daily in 11 districts in the state, continuously for a week

27 May 2021 12:41 AM IST

Though there has been no official word from the state government yet on this emerging threat to lives of current and some recovered Coronavirus patients, mucormycosis or Black Fungus infection within this group of people is making some blind and taking lives of others. (Representational Photo: AFP)

Black fungus patients do not require treatment for Covid-19

Those who are testing positive for Covid-19 with black fungus infection are sent to Gandhi Hospital

25 May 2021 9:26 AM IST

All government and private health facilities shall follow guidelines for screening, diagnosis and management of Black Fungus. (Photo: PTI)

Limited supply of antifungal drugs puts private docs in spot

Doctors in private hospitals have been instructed that till there is sufficient supply of medicines, patients must not...

23 May 2021 10:58 AM IST

This irrational use of steroids has led to a range of side-effects.

Steroids without supplements slow cure for ex-covid patients

Reports back to hospitals with complaints of black fungus, urinary tract infection, recurrent diarrhea and compromised...

22 May 2021 1:32 AM IST

A doctor checks a man who recovered from COVID-19 and now infected with black fungus at the Mucormycosis ward of a government hospital in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, May 20, 2021. (AP)

150 admitted to ENT hospital with black fungus infection in Hyderabad

Doctors have advised the recovered patients to wear masks at home, which will help in prevention

20 May 2021 11:30 PM IST

All government and private health facilities shall follow guidelines for screening, diagnosis and management of Black Fungus. (Photo: PTI)

Telangana declares Black Fungus as notifiable disease under Epidemic...

The government has designated the Gandhi General Hospital and state-run ENT Hospital as nodal centers

20 May 2021 11:08 AM IST

There are a total of 50 black fungus cases currently under treatment at the government hospitals. (Photo: PTI/File)

Telangana to supply black fungus drug to hospitals

The government has also formed a task force in the health department to regulate its supply

19 May 2021 6:44 AM IST

Private hospitals say they are facing a severe shortage of oxygen and are helpless. But, officials maintain there is no scarcity of oxygen and they are meeting the needs of hospitals as soon as the latter make indents. (Representational Photo: AFP)

Demand high for ICU beds in Hyderabad even as Covid spread sees fall...

Hospitals that have ventilators but no dialysis machines are not of use to Covid-19 patients in a serious condition

19 May 2021 6:30 AM IST

Though the state government claimed that they are having an adequate number of essentials, there is certainly a shortage in urban centres, forcing patients to look for the private hospitals. (Representational image: PTI)

Black fungus patients increase but drugs not available in Telangana,...

The raw materials for different grades of amphotericin are available in the market

18 May 2021 8:38 AM IST

Though there has been no official word from the state government yet on this emerging threat to lives of current and some recovered Coronavirus patients, mucormycosis or Black Fungus infection within this group of people is making some blind and taking lives of others. (Representational Photo: AFP)

Surge in black fungus cases baffles Hyderabad doctors

In an unforeseen development, there have been 50 to 150 cases in the last two months

16 May 2021 4:07 AM IST