Guillain-Barré Syndrome claims 2 lives in Bengal

After the outbreak of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS), a post-infectious neurological disease which has already affected more than 100 people in Pune in Maharashtra, the West Bengal Health Department sources on Wednesday confirmed that two youths—a 10-year-old and a 17-year-old—have died of GBS in the state so far.

- SUPROTIM MUKHERJEE

Meanwhile, the West Bengal Health and Family Welfare Department has said that the cases have not increased since the end of December 2024.

Health Department sources said that a 10-year-old boy was admitted to a Kolkata hospital last week. He had died while undergoing treatment on Sunday. Hailing from Jagatdal of North 24 Parganas district, he was undergoing treatment at the BC Roy Hospital for a week before he died.

Meanwhile, Aritra Mondal, a 17-year-old youth from the North 24 Parganas district, who showed symptoms of the syndrome, died at the NRS Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on Monday morning.