It is very painful, every time, to talk about the unexpected and painful death of a young person, for reasons which, although based on precise consequences of a pathology, remain truly inexplicable to most people. This girl’s case is truly enormously unfortunate, because a fulminating evil and unexpected events cut short the life of a girl in her prime.
Lara Ponticiello, 23 years old, student from Gonzaga (in the province of Mantua), died within three days due to fulminant meningitis. This disease, so aggressive, left her no escape and she only gave her a few days to live. It all happened while the young girl was on Erasmus in Berlin.
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The student had obtained a three-year degree in foreign languages and literatures from the Alma Mater Studiorum of Bologna in 2022 and was in Germany to improve your knowledge of German. She should have stayed there for a long time, for her happiness, for her desire to grow individually, and simply for herself too. But it didn’t go that way, unfortunately.
On Friday, May 24, Lara, who also spoke Russian and English fluently, started feeling unwell. The initial illness, treated with generic drugs, worsened rapidly. No one would have imagined that it would be an aggressive and fatal meningitis for the young woman.
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On Saturday the girl was taken to hospital after fainting and was subsequently admitted to hospital intensive care. Unfortunately, the coma was irreversible and on the evening of Sunday 26 May the doctors declared him dead. Lara’s parents, who arrived in Berlin on Saturday, authorized the removal of her organs, but the infection subsequently prevented the transplants.
The young woman leaves her mother Roberta, her father Simone and her brothers Loris and Gaia in pain. The community of Gonzaga and surrounding areas is deeply shaken. Before leaving for Berlin, Lara often helped elementary and middle school children with their homework, offering tutoring.
For the transmission of meningitis, close and prolonged contact with an infected person is necessary. The disease is contagious only during the acute phase but, it must be said, not all infections result in meningitis.
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