GBS outbreak in Pune: Death toll rises to seven after driver dies

A driver from Pune who had been reportedly diagnosed with rare nerve disorder GuillainBarre Syndrome GBS died in a city hospital during treatment health officials said on Monday reported the PTIThe latest fatality of a 37yearold driver took the toll of suspected and confirmed deaths linked to GBS in Pune to sevenMeanwhile the number of suspected GBS cases rose to 192 after eight more infections were recorded The tally of confirmed cases is 167 while 21 patients are on ventilator supportThe deceased worked as a driver in Pune He was initially brought to a citybased hospital following complaints of weakness in the lower limbs Pune civic health officials said according to the PTIHis relatives didnt admit him to Pune hospital and instead took him to Nipani in Karnataka on February 1He was subsequently admitted to a Sanglibased hospital by his relatives where he was administered IVIG injections a treatment following the GBS outbreak in Pune they saidOn February 5 the relatives of the patient took a discharge against the medical advice from Sangli and admitted him in the ICU of Pune municipal corporationrun Kamala Nehru Hospital on the same day according to the officials as per the PTIHe suffered supraventricular tachycardia a heart rhythm disorder during treatmentHe suffered a cardiac arrest on February 9 and died the officials addedThe officials said that of the 192 suspected cases 167 patients were diagnosed with GBSAmong 192 cases 39 patients are from Pune municipal corporation areas 91 are from newlyadded villages in the civic area 29 from Pimpri Chinchwad civic body 25 are from Pune rural region and eight are from other districtsAmong these cases 91 patients have been discharged till now 48 are in ICU and 21 are on a ventilator according to the release from the state health departmentMeanwhile thePune Municipal Corporation PMC last week sealed 19 private RO plants in the Nanded village area the epicentre of the GuillainBarreacute syndrome GBS outbreak in Pune after tests confirmed that the water from these facilities was unfit for drinking officials said on Wednesday reported the PTIThe nowsealed privately owned reverseosmosis RO plants located in the DhayariNanded area supplied bottled water to a large number of people in the vicinitywith PTI inputs