he Maharashtra wellness authorities connected Thursday said 67 cases of GBS were reported successful the portion with 13 requiring ventilator support. While the patients are reported to beryllium stable, a accelerated effect squad is investigating the causes of the outbreak. (File photo)
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) medication has collected h2o samples from 30 localities from Rajaram Bridge to Khadakwasla connected Sinhagad Road successful a bid to find the nonstop crushed arsenic good arsenic determination of imaginable h2o contamination that has led to the dispersed of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) successful the area.
The Maharashtra wellness authorities connected Thursday said 67 cases of GBS were reported successful the portion with 13 requiring ventilator support. While the patients are reported to beryllium stable, a accelerated effect squad is investigating the causes of the outbreak.
“The absorption of PMC is chiefly successful the country from Rajaram Bridge to Khadakwasla which has witnessed an summation successful GBS patients. The h2o has been tested and preliminary reports bespeak nary beingness of GBS-causing bacteria,” said Municipal Commissioner Rajendra Bhosale.
Water samples were collected from 4 areas each successful Hingne Khurd and Dhayari, 3 areas each successful Anandnagar and Tukainagar, 5 each successful Nanded, Vadgaon Budhruk and Kirkarwadi and 1 successful Kolhewadi. Most GBS patients are from these areas.
“The h2o proviso enactment successful the country is aged and determination is not overmuch item astir it. It is hard to way the web and place if they are damaged oregon coming successful interaction with drainage water. The civic medication has been laying caller pipelines wherever needed,” Bhosale said.
As per the laboratory report, the h2o samples from the 30 locations person shown turbidity and usage of chlorine but the study connected biologic contented is awaited.
On Thursday, the preliminary laboratory study revealed nary beingness of GBS-causing bacteria but indicated a request to supply treated h2o successful the areas astatine the earliest. The PMC has prepared a elaborate task report, estimating a outgo of Rs 408 crore to revamp the h2o proviso web successful the locality and supply treated h2o to each residents.
Experts said GBS tin beryllium associated with norovirus infection. As per the World Health Organization (WHO), norovirus is simply a viral unwellness that causes acute gastroenteritis. Symptoms see acute onset diarrhea and vomiting. It spreads done contaminated food, h2o oregon surfaces.
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