A student almost died when she became severely ill just days after arriving at university. Ketia Moponda, from Wolverhampton, was diagnosed with meningococcal septicaemia and underwent amputations to ...

Researchers in the UK and US report in the New England Journal of Medicine this week (9 August) the results of a study in children which may explain why patients with meningococcal septicaemia develop ...

“My organs were failing, and doctors told my family that if I woke at all I’d likely be brain dead,” 19-year-old Ketia Moponda said Ketia Moponda / SWNS Ketia Moponda had to get her legs and fingers ...

Precisely 8 years after contracting meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia, Italian mountaineer and multiple limb amputee Andrea Lanfri successfully made two ascents of Aconcagua, at 6961 meters the ...

The student actually had meningococcal disease that led to sepsis. After mistaking a severe illness for a typical fall season flu, a UK teen now lives a new reality from the near-death experience.

Ketia Moponda, a university fresher, initially dismissed her symptoms as a common flu, but her condition rapidly deteriorated, leading to a diagnosis of meningococcal septicaemia. The infection caused ...

Ketia was placed in a coma and doctors told her family she'd likely be brain dead if she woke up A STUDENT is “lucky to be alive” after her bout of “freshers’ flu” turned out to be a life-threatening ...

Students are being urged to get vaccinated and learn about meningitis after Ketia Moponda's experience A student almost died when she became severely ill just days after arriving at university. Ketia ...

Ketia Moponda had to get her legs and fingers amputated in life-saving operations after mistaking a serious illness for freshers’ flu a few months earlier The 19-year-old college student was found ...