Guillain-Barre Syndrome: Mumbai Reports First Death, Total 8 In Maharashtra

A 53-year-old person admitted to Mumbai's Nair Hospital died of the Guillain-Barre Syndrome during treatment.

The Commissioner of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) announced on Wednesday that a 53-year-old patient with Guillain-Barre Syndrome had passed away at the Nair Hospital in Mumbai. As a result, Maharashtra now has eight fatalities from the uncommon neurological condition.

The 53-year-old passed away while receiving treatment at Nair Hospital in Mumbai.

Up to February 11, 192 patients were suspected of having Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), according to the Maharashtra Health Department. There have been 172 confirmed instances of GBS, and the illness has been responsible for seven recorded deaths to date.

The majority of cases come from Pune and the environs.

Information indicates that 40 of the cases are from the Pune MC area, while 92 are from the recently added villages in the PMC area. The Pune Rural area has reported 28 GBS incidences, while Pimpri Chinchwad has reported 29. Eight cases have been reported from other districts.

50 of the patients are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), while 104 have been released thus far, according to the Maharashtra Health Department. On the ventilator are the last twenty.

The Pune Municipal Corporation shut down 30 private water supply facilities in Nanded, Dhayari, and the surrounding districts of Pune City's Sinhgad village on February 6. According to the administration, these regions are the epicentre of the GB Syndrome outbreak. According to a PMC officer, these plants were the target of action within the last two days.

Following the collection of water samples, which were determined to be unsafe for human consumption, the PMC took action against these plants. There were plants with too many Escherichia coli bacteria to function, while other plants lacked the necessary permits. Additionally, some of the factories were not controlling the water contamination with chlorine or any other type of disinfection.

Maharashtra's health and medical ministers met with Union Health Minister JP Nadda on February 3 to discuss the government's actions to control GBS.