Three die of suspected Guillain-Barre Syndrome in West Bengal in four days

Three persons including a child have died due to suspected GuillainBarre Syndrome GBS in West Bengal in the past few days though the state health department is yet to officially confirm the cause of the deaths reported news agency PTIAll three persons died in government hospitals in Kolkata and Hooghly districtA senior health department official said The situation in West Bengal is absolutely under control and there is nothing to panic about reported PTIThe three deceased persons were Debkumar Sahu 10 of Jagaddal in North 24 Parganas district Aritra Manal 17 from Amdanga in the same district and another 48yearold man in Dhaniakhali village in Hooghly district sources told PTIFamily members of the three claimed that they died of suspected GBS an immunological nerve disorderDebkumar died at the BC Roy Hospital in Kolkata on January 26 while the teenager from Amdanga who was undergoing treatment at the NRS Medical College and Hospital in the city died the next day sources told PTIThe man from Hooghly district died on Wednesday in a hospital thereThe hospital told us that the condition of Debkumar kept on deteriorating while being treated They did not tell us that the cause of his death was GB syndrome but in the death certificate the suspected GB syndrome was mentioned the boys uncle Govinda Sahu told PTIMeanwhile four more children suffering from suspected GB syndrome were undergoing treatment at the BC Roy Hospital and Institute of Child Health the sources told PTIGBS is a rare condition that causes sudden numbness and muscle weakness with symptoms including severe weakness in the limbs and loose motion Bacterial and viral infections generally lead to GBS as they weaken the immunity of patients as per doctorsMaharashtra records 127 GBS casesThe total number of suspected cases of GBS in Pune and other districts of the State is 127 with 72 confirmed cases the Maharashtra Public Health Department said in a press release on WednesdayAs of today 127 suspected cases of GBS have been identified with 2 suspected deaths Out of these 72 patients have been confirmed as having GBS 23 patients are from Pune Municipal Corporation 73 from newly added villages in the PMC area 13 from Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation 9 from Pune Rural and 9 from other districts Among the affected individuals 20 are currently on ventilator support the press release saidOn Tuesday the Director General Indian Council of Medical Research Dr Rajiv Bahl said that the cases are under investigation as a team of experts has collected various samplesSamples of stool and blood of those infected are being tested at the NIV Pune lab but yet to get any definite leads on the cause behind the spread Dr Bahl saidWith inputs from PTI