Indore Water Crisis: Doctors Fear Long-Term Nerve Damage, GBS Cases Emerge

• Indore's Bhagirathpura water crisis now feared to cause long-term nervous system damage, not just stomach illness.
• Over a dozen dead, 1,400+ sick; 67-year-old Parvati Bai Kondla shows Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) symptoms, on ventilator.
• Nerve Conduction Study confirms acute nerve damage, neurologists call it "medically very serious" in the context of contamination.
• State health administration denies direct link to GBS, but treating doctor confirms GBS-consistent findings.
• Public health experts declare it beyond routine outbreak, demand public data and strict water monitoring; crisis declared an epidemic.

Why It Matters: Indore's water crisis escalates with doctors fearing long-term neurological damage like GBS, despite official denials.