India, Feb. 13 -- A 53-year-old man succumbed to the Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) at Nair Hospital on February 10, counting as the first death due to GBS in the city. With this, the total of GBS deaths in Maharashtra is up to eight.

The man was admitted to Nair Hospital on January 26 after weakness and symptoms of GBS were noticed. According to information put out by the BMC's health department, he was kept in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and eventually put on a ventilator, as he began having breathing problems. The deceased was in Pune 16 days before he was admitted to hospital but the link between this and his illness is not certain.

Another patient, a 16-year-old girl from Palghar, is in Nair Hospital with suspected GBS. So far, th...