Res Life warns students following Loras death
March 17th, 2008
Josh Moniz – Staff Writer
Residential Life sent an e-mail during Winter Break encouraging students to watch for symptoms of bacterial meningitis after the death of a Loras College student in early March. “The problem is that the symptoms would make you assume you just had the flu,” Peter Armstrong, director of Residential Life, said. “It was lucky [the outbreak] happened over a break. That way, if a student had the symptoms they could have gone to their family physician.” Audrey Fitzgerald was found dead in her dormitory at Loras on March 2. An autopsy revealed she had contracted bacterial meningitis. Fitzgerald had been vaccinated. No further outbreak at Loras has been reported. Wartburg students are encouraged to get meningitis vaccinations as part of their physical when they enroll at Wartburg. Students are encouraged to visit the Noah Health Center if they start exhibiting symptoms. |