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Colour coding of fungal infections could be misleading: AIIMS chief

AIIMS director Randeep Guleria on Monday said it is better to identify mucormycosis by its name rather than by the colour as labelling the same fungus with names of different colors can create confusion. Addressing a press conference by the Union health ministry, he clarified that no definite link of mucormycosis has been seen with oxygen therapy. Many patients taking treatment at home, who were not on oxygen therapy, have also been found to get infected with mucormycosis. So there is no definite link between oxygen therapy and catching the infection, he said. Guleria underlined that it is better not to use the term black fungus' while talking about mucormycosis, as it leads to a lot of avoidable confusion. "Labelling the same fungus with names of different colors can create confusion. Mucormycosis is not a communicable disease, unlike COVID-19. About 90-95 per cent of patients getting infected with mucormycosis are found to have been either diabetic and/or taking steroids. This ..

100 beds reserved for mucormycosis patients at AIIMS in Rishikesh

Amid rising cases of mucormycosis or black fungus in Uttarakhand, the AIIMS here reserved 100 beds, including 10 ICU beds, on Monday for patients suffering from the deadly disease.

Environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna dies of Covid in Rishikesh hospital

Environmentalist and Chipko movement pioneer Sunderlal Bahuguna died at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here on Friday after battling Covid-19 for several days. He was 94

Over 1,300 oxygen beds, 530 ICU beds added in 12 AIIMS for Covid treatment

Starting from the second week of April, over 1,300 oxygen beds and about 530 ICU beds for Covid treatment have been added in 12 new AIIMS

6 new AIIMS fully functional; 7 partially functional: Health Ministry

The Central government has approved setting up 22 AIIMS so far under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana out of which six are already fully functional, informed the health ministry

AIIMS to develop guidelines to treat black fungus amid rising cases

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is developing guidelines to treat black fungus or Mucormycosis, sources said on Tuesday.Cases of black fungus have been reported in the country including Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar.As per the Union Health Ministry, Mucormycosis or black fungus is a complication caused by a fungal infection. People catch mucormycosis by coming in contact with the fungal spores in the environment. It can also develop on the skin after the fungus enters the skin through a cut, scrape, burn, or other type of skin trauma.The disease is being detected among patients who are recovering or have recovered from COVID-19. Moreover, anyone who is diabetic and whose immune system is not functioning well needs to be on the guard against this, said the ministry.It further stated that the disease is caused by a set of micro-organisms known as mucormycetes, which are present naturally in the environment, seen mostly in soil and in ...

Decoded: What is black fungus and its link to Covid-19 pandemic

India has a huge diabetic population that is at risk. And along with that, steroids and antibiotics are being used quite irrationally for Covid-19 patients

Senior journalist Sunil Jain passes away due to post-Covid complications

The Financial Express' Managing Editor Sunil Jain passed away on Saturday, his sister Sandhya Jain confirmed

At Delhi hospitals, shortage and a long wait for Covid-19 vaccine

Private, state govt hospitals struggle; central govt hospitals seem to be doing better

65 foreign doctors at AIIMS unpaid for a year, says hospital association

The Resident Doctors Association of AIIMS said that 65 foreign nationals, including those from Nepal, training at the institute have not received their salaries

2 oxygen plants installed at Delhi's AIIMS, RML hospital to tackle Covid-19

The two medical oxygen plants have been installed at AIIMS and Ram Manohar Lohia hospital in the national capital with PM-CARES fund

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Need aggressive lockdowns, says AIIMS chief

Key Covid-19 task force members urge national lockdown, TMC got most EC notices for violating virus protocols in Bengal polls, and more-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

Spiralling demand, leakages and a flourishing black market for remdesivir

Artificial shortages and brazen hawking of the drug on the streets at 15x the normal price rule the day as the official machinery tries desparately to stamp out the parallel market

Admission in AIIMS emergency disrupted briefly amid O2 pipeline maintenance

Admissions to the emergency department of the AIIMS were restricted for around an hour as the oxygen pipelines were being reorganised due to an increased demand

Delhi's AIIMS to test, quarantine only symptomatic health care workers

AIIMS Delhi on Thursday said that only the symptomatic health care workers will be tested for COVID-19 and the quarantine of asymptomatic contacts will be discontinued

Don't hoard oxygen, taking it casually is harmful, warns AIIMS chief

AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria said if a person's oxygen saturation is 93 per cent to 99 per cent, then that person does not need oxygen

Virus mutated in Jan/Feb, spread more rapidly: AIIMS chief on Covid surge

'This is a time when a lot of religious activities happen in our country and polls are also underway. We must understand lives are also important,' says Randeep Guleria

President Kovind returns to Rashtrapati Bhavan after surgery at AIIMS

Kovind on Monday said he has returned to Rashtrapati Bhavan after bypass surgery at the AIIMS here.

20 doctors, six medical students of AIIMS in Delhi test Covid-19 positive

Twenty doctors and six medical students of the AIIMS have tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 10 days, including two who had taken both doses of anti-coronavirus vaccine, official sources said

PM Narendra Modi takes second dose of Covid-19 vaccine at AIIMS

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday took second dose of COVID-19 vaccine at AIIMS here, and asked those eligible for the shot to take it soon to defeat the virus. He had taken his first jab on March 1 at the hospital. "Got my second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at AIIMS today. Vaccination is among the few ways we have, to defeat the virus. If you are eligible for the vaccine, get your shot soon. Register on CoWin.gov.in," he tweeted. The prime minister also posted a picture of his receiving the jab. Modi has taken Covaxin, India's homegrown vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech. Official sources said the two nurses who administered the vaccine to the prime minister on Thursday are P Niveda from Puducherry and Nisha Sharma from Punjab. Niveda was also involved in administering him the first shot on March 1.