HYDERABAD: Nearly a month and half after the mucormycosis epidemic broke out in the State, Gandhi Hospital completed nearly 500 surgeries to treat the infection on Saturday. The team of doctors at the hospital from various specialisations — ophthalmology surgeons, plastic surgeon, ENT surgeons, dental and neuro surgeons — have worked together to treat the patients.
“We take a call on the surgery to be done depending upon the part that is infected and its intensity. Debridement (cleaning the wound) and reconstruction are being done to prevent the spread,” said Dr Raja Rao, superintendent of Gandhi Hospital. He added that even as the number of cases have drastically dropped, the worst is not over yet.
“Initially, we saw about 25-30 admissions of mucormycosis each day. Now, this has reduced to single digits,” he said. These numbers are still high, considering how rare the fungal infection is. Currently, 200 patients are admitted in Gandhi Hospital just for mucormycosis, forming about 30% of the total cases in the hospital, with 400 others being Covid cases. Doctors said that with better.
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