Mumbai records 1st Guillain-Barré Syndrome death

A 53-year-old man suffering from Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) died in Mumbai yesterday, marking the city’s first death due to the rare neurological disorder and the eighth death in Maharashtra. He was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Nair Hospital on January 26 and was subsequently put on a ventilator after breathing problems. 

The patient had returned from Pune 16 days before his admission to the hospital. Civic officials



confirmed that Mumbai recorded its first case of GBS on February 7 after a 64-year-old woman was diagnosed with the disorder. BMC commissioner and state-appointed administrator Bhushan Gagrani said that she is currently receiving treatment in the ICU of a civic-run hospital. According to BMC officials, the woman, a resident of Andheri East, was admitted with a history of fever and diarrhoea, followed by ascending paralysis.