NEW DELHI: Mumbai has reported its first death due to the Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS virus), officials said on Wednesday.According to reports, a 53-year-old ward boy from BMC’s V.N. Desai Hospital succumbed at Nair Hospital after prolonged illness. A 10th-grade girl from Palghar is also admitted with the virus.With this, the number of deaths suspected to … Read more
MUMBAI: The Guillain-Barre Syndrome outbreak in Pune that has affected 140 people, with 18 needing ventilator support, could have been controlled in four days had adequate public health measures been adopted, but health officials let it spin out of control, says Dr T Jacob John, a leading virologist and former professor at Christian Medical College … Read more
PUNE: A 41-year-old chartered accountant working in Pune was identified Monday as the first casualty of the Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) outbreak concentrated in the city, a day after the Maharashtra health department reported that a patient who died in a Solapur hospital on Jan 25 was “suspected” to have contracted the rare but treatable infection.“It’s … Read more