There are reportedly 30 cases of mucormycosis or black fungus among serving soldiers and military veterans at Delhi's two premier defence hospitals, the Army R&R and Army Base Hospital. The hospitals are struggling without adequate supplies of the life-saving drug Amphotericin B. According to a report by India Today, the two hospitals have less than half of the amount required to treat the patients at hand.
An Army doctor at the Research & Referral hospital said that "many lives, including those of serving frontline soldiers, are at risk since the hospital is still awaiting the bare minimum consignment to fight increasing black fungus cases.’
A senior Ministry of Defence officer said the government had been apprised of the shortage, and that efforts were being made to meet the Amphotericin B requirement on priority.