PUNE: The Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) death toll increased to six in Pune after a 63-year-old Karvenagar patient succumbed to complications, health department said on Thursday. In a related development, a senior state official said at least one of the 62 NIV-tested water samples came positive for Campylobacter jejuni, in first such confirmation.
Health officials said the number of GBS cases also increased to 173, an addition of three more patients to Wednesday's tally of 170.
The senior official said the sample tested positive for Campylobacter jejuni (C. jejuni) by the National Institute of Virology (NIV) was collected from a housing society in Kirkatwadi, a GBS cluster.
The Karvenagar resident was admitted to Kashibai Navale Hospital in Narhe on Jan 28 with complaints of fever, diarrhoea for three days, difficulty in walking and bilateral lower limb weakness. On examination, he was found with flaccid paralysis (acute weakness or paralysis with reduced muscle tone).
"Nerve conduction velocity (NCV) tests, which measure how fast electrical impulses travel through a nerve, confirmed GBS in the patient. He was given an intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) cycle. His condition, however, deteriorated and he passed away at 5.30pm on Wednesday," a health official said.
A doctor at the hospital told TOI, "The patient had multiple comorbidities, including uncontrolled diabetes. He passed away due to an acute ischemic stroke (when blood flow to the brain is cut off), as well as uncontrolled diabetes. GBS was not the direct cause of his death."
A report from the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), however, listed GBS as the third cause of death in the patient.
The doctor said the hospital had conducted a CT scan and requested approval for a stroke treatment package under the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana, but the patient passed away before treatment could be started.
The hospital authorities confirmed that a new GBS case was admitted to the health hub on Wednesday, bringing its total number of patients to 16 so far. "Of these, five patients have already been discharged, while six are in the ICU and five are in the general ward. The six ICU patients are on ventilators, including three paediatric cases," a hospital official said.
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Read MoreNeha Madaan is a senior feature writer at The Times of India, Pune. She holds an M A degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from University of Pune. She covers tourism, heritage development and its conservation, apart from an array of subjects such as civic issues, environment, astronomy, civic school education as well as social issues concerning persons with disabilities. Her interests include metaphysical research and animal rights.
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