First Guillain-Barré Syndrome-linked death reported in Mumbai

A 53-year-old man from Mumbai has died due to the Guillain-Barré Syndrome, marking the first such death in the city, The Indian Express reported on Wednesday.

Eight persons have died of the illness in Maharashtra so far. Mumbai’s municipal corporation is yet to confirm whether the death was linked to the outbreak in Pune, where the other seven deaths have been reported.

The patient was an employee of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation-run VN Desai Hospital. He was on ventilator support at the civic body-operated Nair Hospital before dying due to the illness.