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Guillain-Barré Syndrome claims 2 lives in Bengal
The Daily Guardian
|January 30, 2025
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.
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.
This story is from the January 30, 2025 edition of The Daily Guardian.
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