The patient, who worked as a driver with a cab service, was admitted to the Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital (YCMH) in Pimpri Chinchwad on January 21.

PUNE: The number of suspected cases of Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), a rare nerve disorder, in Pune and some other districts of Maharashtra has risen to 130, health department officials have said. Two patients,

Barre syndrome outbreak in Pune has crossed the 100 mark with 3 deaths confirmed as of Thursday. The sudden surge in cases has health officials and Pune city authorities concerned as they ramp up surveillance.

Even as the cases of the Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) are increasing in Pune along with few other districts, death talley in the disease is also increasing. After a death of a CA from Dhayari, now a woman from Kirkatwadi is suspected to have died of GBS.

The number of suspected Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) cases in Pune has risen to 111, with one death reported, according to health officials. The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has urged residents in affected areas to boil water used for drinking and cooking as a preventive measure.

The state health department said in a release that of the total 130 patients tracked and under treatment now and 20 patients are on ventilator support.

GBS is a rare post-infection syndrome that typically develops two to six weeks after an infection. It causes sudden numbness and muscle weakness, often presenting with symptoms like severe limb weakness and diarrhea.

The confirmed cases include 25 from Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), 74 from newly added villages under PMC, 13 from Pimpri Chinchwad, nine from Pune Rural, and nine from other districts.

One person is believed to have died in India's Maharashtra state in an outbreak of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) - a neurological disease that causes numbness, weakness and pain - and the number of cases is rising,