Indian State Suspects First Death From Guillain-Barre Syndrome Amid Rising Cases

Indian State Suspects First Death From Guillain-Barre Syndrome Amid Rising Cases
The Kamla Nehru Hospital, where patients of Guillain-Barre syndrome have been admitted, in Pune, Maharashtra, India, on Jan. 27, 2025, in a still from video. ANI via Reuters/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
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MUMBAI—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, health officials said on Monday.

A total of 101 cases of GBS have so far been reported in the state, most of them in and around Pune city, which lies about 110 miles from the state capital and India’s financial hub Mumbai.