Mumbai on Friday (February 7, 2025) reported its first suspected Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) case. A 64-year-old Andheri resident was hospitalised after being diagnosed with the rare nerve disorder and is undergoing treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), as per Mumbai civic officials.
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Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials confirmed that the woman was hospitalised with a history of fever and diarrhoea that was followed by ascending paralysis.
The total suspected GBS cases in Maharashtra were 173 till Thursday (February 6, 2025) and the number increased to 180 on Friday (February 7, 2025), with four new suspected cases identified. The remaining three cases were from previous days. Of these, 146 patients were confirmed having GBS. Among six deaths, one was confirmed due to GBS.
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According to the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme by the Public Health Department, among 180 patients, 35 are from the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), 88 were from newly added villages in the PMC area, 25 from the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), 24 from Pune Rural and eight were from other districts.
About 58 patients are in ICU and 22 are on ventilator, while 79 have been discharged till now. From January 9 onwards, 4,282 water samples have been collected from different parts of city and sent to the Public Health Laboratory for chemical and biological analysis. Sixteen new water sources were found contaminated on Friday (February 7, 2025) — with these, a total of 53 water sources were contaminated.
Published - February 07, 2025 07:41 pm IST
