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‘Why is Modi government trapping public in formalities’, asks Rahul Gandhi as he questions GoI’s efforts to curb COVID infection
News Delhi: Amid the rising number of COVID-triggered black fungus cases in India, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has asked the Government of India about its strategy to deal with the deadly virus across the country. Rahul Gandhi also asked the GoI what it is doing to address the shortage of drugs used to treat patients of black fungus. Gandhi posed these questions on his Twitter account.
Black fungus महामारी के बारे में केंद्र सरकार स्पष्ट करे-
1. Amphotericin B दवाई की कमी के लिए क्या किया जा रहा है?
2. मरीज़ को ये दवा दिलाने की क्या प्रक्रिया है?
3. इलाज देने की बजाय मोदी सरकार जनता को औपचारिकताओं में क्यों फँसा रही है?
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) June 1, 2021
“The central government should clarify about the black fungus epidemic- 1. What is being done for Amphotericin B drug shortage? 2. What is the procedure for getting this medicine to the patient? 3. Instead of providing treatment, why is the Modi government trapping the public in formalities?,” he tweeted.
Affecting patients of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) during the deadly second wave of the pandemic, the black fungus infection has sent alarm bells ringing in states across the country. Many states, including Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu and Bihar have declared black fungus as an epidemic disease under the Epidemic Act, 1897.
The fungal infection, seen mostly in Covid-19 patients across the country, has been rising significantly, resulting in a rise in the death toll. Karnataka has reported 1,250 cases of mucormycosis and 39 related deaths so far. In Madhya Pradesh’s Indore city, 39 people died due to the infection. On Friday, two succumbed to mucormycosis in Shimla in Himachal Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut reported 147 black fungus cases so far.
Mucormycosis has been detected in the brains of at least 15 per cent of patients admitted for the infection in Government Maharaja Yeshwantrao Hospital in Indore in Madhya Pradesh, a senior doctor told PTI on Monday.
Meanwhile, India, in the last 24 hours, reported 1,34,154 fresh COVID cases and 2,887 COVID-related deaths. Tamil Nadu remains the largest contributor with about 25,000 new infections. Active cases have come down to 17.13 lakh.
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