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Black fungus: Experts flag role of industrial Oxygen – The Tribune India
Recent shortage of medical oxygen led to industrial oxygen diversion to hospitals, but questions around its clean transport loomed
Aditi Tandon
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, May 21
With Covid-induced mucormycosis spreading faster across all states, experts have asked the government to determine the possible role of industrial oxygen in the infection.
Dr Uma Kumar, rheumatology head, AIIMS, New Delhi, said doctors had been using steroids routinely in rheumatology patients, but they had never seen such high cases of mucormycosis.
“Is this Covid playing with the immunity to invite mucormycosis or is it due to the use of industrial…
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