கருப்பு பூஞ்சை நோய்க்கான சிகிச்சையில் பயன்படுத்தப்படும் மருந்தினை இதுவரையில் 1790 குப்பிகளை மட்டுமே தமிழ்நாடு அரசு பெற்றிருக்கிறது. குறைந்தபட்சம்...

Confronting a critical shortage of vital pharmaceutical supplies amidst the second pandemic wave, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin dispatched an urgent official letter to Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr. Harsh Vardhan. Stalin highlighted that Tamil Nadu had received merely 1,790 vials of Liposomal Amphotericin-B from central distribution pools, a minuscule quantum wholly inadequate to treat the escalating caseload of mucormycosis, clinically known as black fungus, diagnosed among post-Covid recovering patients across state medical institutions.

The Chief Minister urgently requested the Union Government to sanction and dispatch an immediate emergency quota of at least thirty thousand vials of Amphotericin-B to Tamil Nadu. Stalin explained that clinical management of invasive fungal infections requires intensive multi-week therapeutic regimens, without which vulnerable patients face catastrophic eyesight loss or fatal cranial complications. He emphasized that equitable central allocation based on real-time disease prevalence is vital to save lives, urging the Union Ministry to expand national manufacturing capacities and expedite imports from international pharmaceutical manufacturers without bureaucratic red tape.

Stalin swift, determined intervention brought urgent national focus to post-Covid fungal complications. By proactively demanding essential clinical supplies, his leadership defended patient survival and bolstered specialized tertiary medical care across Tamil Nadu.