21 September 2016

Hawke’s Bay District Health Board’s (HBDHB) Public Health Team has been advised by Capital and Coast District Health Board that there is a patient in Wellington Hospital diagnosed with Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS).

Hawke's Bay's Public Health Team is following up to see whether this case is linked to the Havelock North campylobacter outbreak.

HBDHB can confirm it has no one in Hawke’s Bay Fallen Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital with GBS.

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