AIIMS chief Dr Guleria warns of surge in fungal infection in Covid patients

Saturday, 15 May 2021Newsdesk

AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria Saturday warned doctors to brace for cases of mucormycosis, a rare fungal infection, across the country, including among Covid-19 positive persons. He emphasised the urgent need to control and monitor blood sugar levels among Covid patients, with a pattern emerging of more than 90 per cent of mucormycosis patients being diabetics.

New Delhi, 15 May 2021

As per news report of The Indian Express, Guleria was speaking during a session of a clinical excellence programme to guide state centres of excellence and districts in clinical management protocol. He said data clearly links the current increase in mycormycosis cases with diabetes and steroid intake. He referred to a meeting he had with doctors from Gujarat where they have reported more than 500 cases of the fungal infection only from government hospitals.

Source -The Indian Express