TN constitutes task force for mucormycosis
The committee, which includes 12 members together with medical consultants drawn from quite a few specialities from authorities and personal hospitals, would advise the federal government on prevention and remedy of the fungal illness
A Task Force Committee chaired by the Director of Medical Education (DME) has been constituted to advise the State authorities on points associated to mucormycosis, the invasive fungal illness being reported in sufferers recovering from COVID-19.
The committee, which includes 12 members together with medical consultants drawn from quite a few specialities from authorities and personal hospitals, would advise the federal government on prevention and remedy of mucormycosis and replace it on the most recent translational analysis on mucormycosis.
While the DME is the chairman of the committee, the director of Regional Institute of Ophthalmology and Government Ophthalmic Hospital is the member secretary. The administrators of Medical and Rural Health Services and Public Health and Preventive Medicines are among the many members of the committee.
ENT specialists Mohan Kameswaran of Madras ENT Research Foundation and Babu Manohar of Apollo Hospitals, infectious illnesses specialists Subramanian Swaminathan of Global Hospital and V. Ramasubramanian of Apollo Hospitals, Mohan Rajan of Rajan Eye Care, microbiologists Anupama Nithya of Sri Ramachandra Hospital and Balajee of Global Hospital, the heads of ENT and Microbiology departments of Madras Medical College are the opposite members of the task force.
The State authorities on May 20 declared mucormycosis as a notified illness below the Tamil Nadu Public Health Act, 1939.