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Another Sad News Hit KNUST Students

News coming in indicates that a final year KNUST student, Miss Lydia Awinbon Abugri has reportedly passed away.
According to report from one of the school’s social media handles revealed that Lydia is level 400 Student studying Land Economy at KNUST
Social media users who reacted to the news of her passing have expressed sympathy and consoled the family over the loss of their beloved one.

Another Sad News Hit KNUST Students

The post revealed that Lydia passed on after she succumbed to an illness despite months of receiving special treatment.

Below is the earlier message to inform students to make some contributions for her treatment.

Lydia Awinbon Abugri, a level 400 Student of KNUST has been diagnosed with Kidney disease, and she needs GH¢ 400,000.00 to undergo a Kidney Transplant.💔👀

“We are in deep sorrow as we inform the general public about the sudden departure of Lydia Awinbon Abugri, a level 400 female Land Economy Student of KNUST who has been on dialysis for several months.💔💔🕊️”

The Sister of the deceased is reported to have said that plans were far advanced to have Lydia undergo surgery with the hope that she fully recovers.

“We had the monies for the surgery, and we were to meet the doctor this week for the surgery. She just complained of having breathing difficulties yesterday and was rushed to the hospital where she passed on”.
She however thanked everyone who played a role in supporting Lydia during the time she was receiving treatment.

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News of Lydia’s passing has evoked sadness amongst many netizens who have expressed deep condolence to the family in their time of grief.

Reports say that the lady came all the way from Cameroon to study in the school as an international student before the rather unfortunate incident happened.

It’s been less than two weeks since KNUST students received sad news that another student had had a car crash and has lost her life. According to report, the deceased visited her boyfriend and died on her way back to campus from Accra.

 

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