Two deaths, 16 fresh GBS cases reported in Maharashtra
Two deaths, 16 fresh GBS cases reported in Maharashtra
Two deaths and 16 fresh suspected cases of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) were reported in Pune and other districts, the Public Health Department said on Wednesday (January 29, 2025).
The total number of cases were 111 till January 28 and now it has mounted to 127.
About 23 patients are from the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) area, 73 are from newly integrated villages within PMC limits, 13 patients are from the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), nine patients are from Pune rural areas and nine patients are from other districts in Maharashtra. About 20 patients are on ventilator, according to the data of the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme by the Public Health Department
At least six suspected cases of GBS came to light in Sangli district on Wednesday and they have been admitted to various private hospitals in Sangli.
“Six patients are suspected of GBS, but nothing to worry about as all these patients are from different areas. If all the cases are from one place, then only we can say it is an outbreak. However, we are checking the background and whether they travelled,” District Civil Surgeon, Sangli, Vikramsinh Kadam told The Hindu.
The six patients were hospitalised in the last six days, as per the doctor. Three patients have been found in the Chintamani Nagar, Mardawadi, and Gudmudshingi areas of Sangli, two are from rural Sangli, and one is from the Kolhapur border area. Sangli Municipal Corporation’s Health department has been put on high alert, and surveys are held in the city. About 400 houses were surveyed in Chintamani Nagar over two days, but no cases were found.
The Health department has sent 121 stool samples to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) Pune, all tested for enteric virus panel, and 21 samples are positive for Norovirus, and five stool samples are positive for Campylobacter. Among 25 cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples, one tested positive for Epstein–Barr virus. All 200 blood samples have tested negative for Zika, Dengue, and Chikungunya.
Out of 144 water samples sent for chemical and biological analysis to the Public Health Laboratory, samples from eight water sources were found contaminated. These samples were taken from different parts of the city.
A State-level rapid response team in house-to-house surveillance activities surveyed 34,177 houses in Pune MC, 7,852 houses in PCMC and 10,254 houses in Pune rural areas (total of 52,283).
