The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to take steps to get the medicine — Amphotericin B — used for treating black fungus which is primarily affecting Covid-19 recovered people, from wherever in the world.
The court said the Centre should inform it about steps taken to import medicine, the shortfall of which was coming in the way of treatment of mucormycosis (black fungus) which has been on rise in the national Capital and elsewhere in the country.
“You have to get the medicine from wherever in the world. You have to take steps right now. Wherever it is available in the world get it,” said a bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Jasmeet Singh which was assured by the Centre that it has already started taking steps to import the medicine.
The court noted the domestic production of the medicine lower than required and the Centre said the production capacity has been doubled now.