Charlotte Hannibal, 19, from Selston, Notts, was a healthy teenager before contracting the toxic virus which left her with a sore throat and flu like symptoms after a house party A STUDENT who thought ...

A young woman left a lecture early with a 'hangover' - only to have her legs amputated below the knee just weeks later Charlotte Hannibal, 21, from Nottingham, was 18 when she became seriously ill ...

Fun-loving student Charlotte Hannibal was having an amazing time during freshers' week, enjoying house parties and letting her hair down. So when she came down with a sore throat and flu-like symptoms ...

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Charlotte Hannibal, 19, was forced to have her legs and fingers amputated after mistaking deadly meningitis for freshers flu (Picture: Caters) A university student who dismissed her sore throat and ...

"Fresher" students are being urged to get vaccinated to protect themselves against meningitis before starting university. The calls come after a young woman who had to have both legs amputated below ...

Charlotte Hannibal was a healthy teenager before contracting the toxic virus after a student party and becoming a double-amputee before her 20th birthday Get daily headlines and breaking news alerts ...

Charlotte Hannibal, 21, from Nottingham, was 18 when she became seriously ill with group W meningococcal septicaemia, in February 2015. She had to have both legs amputated below the knee, lost most of ...

Charlotte Hannibal also had parts of her hands removed after becoming seriously ill with group W meningococcal septicaemia - now she is calling for freshers to protect themselves Get daily headlines ...