Maharashtra reports 2nd Suspected GBS Death, Cases rise to 127
Pune: A 56-year-old woman in Maharashtra is suspected to have died of Guillain Barré syndrome (GBS) at Sassoon General Hospital on Wednesday. Earlier, on Sunday, a 40-year-old man from Solapur also died due to suspected GBS.
A woman is suspected to have died of Guillain Barré syndrome (GBS) in Maharashtra on Wednesday, while 16 new cases of the rare nerve disorder were reported in the state, health officials said.
"A 56-year-old woman from Pune with co-morbidities is suspected to have succumbed to GBS at the state-run Sassoon General Hospital," a health department official said, news agency PTI reported.
The health department said in a release, "127 suspected patients of GBS have been found so far, besides one more patient suspected to have succumbed to the disease. Nine of them are from outside Pune district." Sixteen new GBS cases were reported on Wednesday, it said.
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