PREVENTING GBS OUTBREAKS

73 affected in Guillain-Barre Syndrome outbreak in Pune, 14 put on ventilator

Fourteen of the patients hospitalised over the past week were on ventilator support as health authorities in Maharashtra started door-to-door surveys, looking for signs of infection and raising awarness about GBS. Officials said municipal and district health workers surveyed about 7,200 homes in two days.