Pune, Jan. 27 -- In an update to the increasing cases of GBS (Guillain-Barre Syndrome), the total number of cases in Maharashtra's Pune has risen to 111. Maharashtra Health Minister Prakash Abitkar on Monday said that 17 patients diagnosed with GB syndrome have been put on ventilators.

Amid the increasing number of patients affected by GBS, the civic body in Pune has set up a special ward in municipality-run Kamala Nehru hospital, with 45 beddings, to provide treatment to affected patients, following one reported death.

During his visit, earlier in the day, Abitkar assured that the Municipal Corporation and the Maharashtra Health Department were working collectively to prevent the increase in the number of patients with GB syndrome. He ...