The Erasmus MC has been approached by the World Health Organization for an international research group to study paralysis diseases in Gaza, according to the spokesperson. Consultation about this “is still at an exploratory stage,” the Erasmus MC shares.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) says that 48 people were diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) in the months of June and July in Gaza in Gaza. Due to poor sanitary conditions, the number of cases of GBS is increasing, the WHO sees.
Just like polio and botulism, the symptoms are the symptoms in this condition. Serious cases are rare, but can lead to almost complete paralysis, breathing problems and being life threatening, says the WHO. Under normal circumstances, most people recover completely, even from the most serious cases of GBS.
Figures cannot be verified
In the research group within the Erasmus MC, physician-researcher Plomp would fall under the responsibility of neurologist Bart Jacobs. Plomp stated that about a hundred people in Gaza would have developed full paralyzing of the respiratory muscles within a few hours, some would have died. She said that she base on messages from doctors from the Al-Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis with which she does Boston Children’s Hospital research together with Harvard. Because Erasmus MC is not yet involved in the investigation, it cannot verify the figures.
Plomp approached the media from her email address of Erasmus MC. There are conversations with plump about the state of affairs, says a spokesperson.