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63-year-old man from Karve Nagar is sixth suspected GBS death in Pune

India, Feb. 7 -- The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) health department on Thursday recorded the sixth death among suspected Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) patients in the district. A 63-year-old man r... Read More


Central govt issues guidelines for GBS management in Maharashtra

India, Feb. 7 -- The high-level multidisciplinary team deputed by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has submitted Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) guidelines to the state government, said p... Read More


After 28 yrs, mental hosp serves chicken in meals

Pune, Feb. 7 -- The Regional Mental Hospital (RMH) in Yerawada served chicken to its inmates after a gap of 28 years on Wednesday, said hospital officials on Friday. According to the officials, the h... Read More


Pune GBS: PMC to form SOPs after 19 RO plants sealed for supplying contaminated water

India, Feb. 6 -- PUNE The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will soon form standard operating procedures (SOPs) for reverse osmosis (RO) plants across the city, officials said on Wednesday. PMC, on Tu... Read More


NIV finds C. jejuni in water samples of Pune's Kirkatwadi area

India, Feb. 6 -- Experts at the Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology (ICMR-NIV) on Wednesday confirmed bacterial contamination of Campylobacter jejuni (C. jejuni) in water... Read More


More healthy individuals without comorbidities affected by GBS

India, Feb. 6 -- More people without any underlying comorbidities are found to be suffering from Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), revealed an analysis of official data carried out by the Rapid Response ... Read More


Govt to enforce stricter water safety laws: Abitkar

India, Feb. 5 -- The rise in Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) cases in Pune has raised serious concerns about water contamination and reverse osmosis (RO) water centres run by private parties across the ... Read More


Water samples from homes of 26 GBS patients found without any chlorine

India, Feb. 5 -- In a shocking revelation, the water samples collected from the homes of 26 Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) patients were found to be without any percentage of chlorine present in them a... Read More


Maha to amend Nursing Homes Registration rules

India, Feb. 4 -- The Maharashtra government is set to amend the Mumbai Nursing Homes Registration Rules 1949 and the Maharashtra Nursing Homes Registration (Amendment) Rules 2021. Health minister Prak... Read More


Rapid response team directs PMC to focus on GBS-affected areas

India, Feb. 4 -- The rapid response team (RRT) appointed by the state health department to probe the probable cause behind the suspected Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) cases in Pune, directed the healt... Read More