Pune: A 37-year-old driver from Pune, diagnosed with Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), has died in a Pune hospital, taking the toll of suspected and confirmed deaths linked to the nerve disorder here to seven. The number of suspected GBS cases went up to 192 after eight more infections were recorded.
The tally of confirmed cases stood at 167, while 21 patients were on ventilator support, as per authorities. "The deceased worked as a driver in Pune. He was initially brought to a city-based hospital following complaints of weakness in the lower limbs," a Pune civic health official said on Monday.
His relatives didn't admit him to the Pune hospital and instead took him to Nipani in Karnataka on February 1. He was subsequently admitted to a Sangli-based hospital by his relatives where he was administered IVIg (intravenous immunoglobulin) injections, a treatment for GBS, officials said.
"On February 5, the relatives of the patient took a discharge against the medical advice (from Sangli) and admitted him the same day in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Pune Municipal Corporation-run Kamala Nehru Hospital, according to officials.
The patient suffered supra-ventricular tachycardia, a heart rhythm disorder during treatment. "He suffered a cardiac arrest on February 9 and died," an official said. According to officials, of the 192 suspected cases, 167 patients were diagnosed with GBS.
Out of the 192 cases, 39 patients were from Pune Municipal Corporation areas, 91 were from newly-added villages in the civic area, 29 were from Pimpri Chinchwad civic body, 25 were from Pune rural region and eight were from other districts. Among these cases, 91 patients have been discharged, 48 were in ICU and 21 were on ventilators, according to a release from the state health department.
