{"id":86622,"date":"2026-03-19T16:39:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=86622"},"modified":"2026-03-19T16:39:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:39:59","slug":"i-lost-both-legs-to-meningitis-at-uni-we-need-a-student-vaccine-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/03\/19\/i-lost-both-legs-to-meningitis-at-uni-we-need-a-student-vaccine-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"I lost both legs to meningitis at uni \u2013 we need a student vaccine programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1YYZBN.img?w=534&amp;h=468&amp;m=6&amp;x=61&amp;y=149&amp;s=136&amp;d=136\" alt=\"Ketia was rushed to hospital in September 2024 and ended up in a coma. She later had all her fingers and thumbs, and both her legs, amputated. (Photo: Ketia Moponda\/ SWNS)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A student who had both her legs amputated after her freshers\u2019 flu turned out to be meningitis said \u201clessons haven\u2019t been learned\u201d amid the outbreak in Kent.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/health\/other\/i-lost-both-legs-to-meningitis-at-uni-we-need-a-student-vaccine-programme\/ar-AA1YZ6Nd?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&amp;cvid=224c73fcf56b4309aaeb437bad4bc9f4&amp;cvpid=69bc22fbc6614b5994cf4ad62b206ff4&amp;ei=57\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>A student who had both her legs amputated after her freshers\u2019 flu turned out to be meningitis said \u201clessons haven\u2019t been learned\u201d&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":86623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-86622","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Keita.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86622"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86624,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86622\/revisions\/86624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}