The Mucor had not only penetrated the nasal cavity but also spread to his left lung and the right kidney -- reported in medical literature as the first case in the world after Covid infection, the hospital said in a statement.
The move is taken to address the limited capacity of performing surgeries pertaining to Mucormycosis at Delhi government hospitals and taking in view of the ferocious nature of the disease which requires urgent and timely surgical intervention.
The CM directed the medical education department to also establish Post COVID Care centres in government medical college hospitals for free follow-up of the cured cases of Mucormycosis.
Odisha had detected the first case of deadly Black Fungus infection in a 71-year-old patient going through post-COVID recovery in May 10.
Similarly, many doctors said mucormycosis cases have been found even among Covid patients who did not use steroids.
The data from the government sources stated that around 230 patients were active there till Wednesday afternoon.
Mucormycosis is not contagious but can cause severe clinical symptoms.
According to Prof Saha, the facility will be available once the proposed super-specialty block is functional.
Four persons who had tested positive for Covid-19 died at the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital and two persons died in a private nursing home, sources said.
A multidisciplinary team of ophthalmology anesthesia and ENT surgeons performed the surgery on the 50 year old woman.
