Black fungus: Indore hospital reports 32 deaths in 20 days

A government hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Indore has seen 32 deaths from mucormycosis (black fungus) in last 20 days.

In recent times, Mucormycosis, also known as the black fungus, a serious infection, has been found in several cases where people have recovered from COVID-19.

The Maharaja Yeshwantrao Hospital (MYH) in the state's industrial hub Indore has been treating a number of black fungus patients not only from here, but also from various other districts.


"The first patient of black fungus was admitted in the MYH on May 13 and since then, a total of 439 patients have been admitted tiil now in the hospital. Out of them, 84 people were discharged after treatment, while 32 patients have died so far," MYH superintendent Pramendra Thakur told PTI.

The present black fungus mortality rate in the hospital is 7.29 per cent, he said. He claimed that the mortality rate is lower than other hospitals in the city.

"We have carried out more than 200 surgeries in the last 20 days to save the lives of patients suffering from the black fungus," he said.

At present, 323 patients are undergoing treatment for the fungal infection in the hospital.

Out of them, 14 contracted the fungal infection along with COVID-19, while 301 people got mucormycosis after recovering from the coronavirus infection, he said.

The eight other patients suffering from the black fungus have no record of contracting COVID-19, he informed.

According to the statistics, 93 per cent of the patients contracted the black fungus after recovering from COVID-19.