Rajasthan: Use steroids judiciouly to counter mucormycosis cases, says expert | Jaipur News

Extensive use of steroids is triggering mucormycosis in cured Covid patients, say experts

JAIPUR: While taking part in a video conference headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the current Covid scenario in the country with eminent doctors, state advisory board for Covid management member Sudhir Bhandari raised the issue of mucormycosis and appealed to doctors to ensure judicious use of steroids for treatment.
Bhandari said, “The whole medical fraternity should pledge before the prime minister to ensure optimal use of steroids as per protocol and total control of diabetes during Covid and post-Covid treatment time.”
At the video conference held on Monday, Bhandari said Mucormycosis, also known as black fungus, swas a growing issue in the country.
Bhandari apprised Modi that SMS Medical College was the first institute of the country to have used tablet hydroxychloroquine to treat Italian Covid patients in March 2020 and investigation and management protocol of SMS were recognised and appreciated all over the world.
SMS Medical College is the institute which has been using HRCT for diagnostic purposes alongwith RTPCR tests and was first of the few institutions to have started using injection tocilizumab and plasma therapy.
Throwing light on state’s battle against Covid, he said since February 2020, chief minister Ashok Gehlot and health minister Raghu Sharma had been continuously monitoring the situation and conducted more than 200 video conference meetings to monitor Covid management programme throughout the state.
He informed the PM about the infrastructure developed for healthcare of Covid patients including oxygenation and ventilator supported beds, free availability of drugs like remdesivir and tocilizumab in all government hospitals.
Bhandari said SMS Medical College is the nodal institution for implementation of Covid management in the state and they were managing 3,000-bed Covid facility in the four Covid hospitals.