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[tragic] 21yr Old Trainee Pilot From Suffolk Died After Mosquito Bite by nairalander2020(m): 4:41pm On Jul 06, 2022
A trainee commercial airline pilot died after she was bitten by a mosquito and developed an infection that spread to her
brain, an inquest heard.


Oriana Pepper, 21, of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, died five days after she was bitten while in Antwerp, Belgium last July.
Suffolk's senior coroner Nigel Parsley said it was an
"unfortunate tragedy for a young lady who clearly had a
wonderful career ahead of her".
He recorded a narrative conclusion.
Suffolk Coroner's Court in Ipswich heard Miss Pepper had
passed her theory exams on the EasyJet programme in Oxford
with "flying colours" and had gone to Belgium for her
instrument ratings.
She attended a hospital's accident and emergency department on 7 July after the bite, by her right eye, appeared swollen and infected.
Miss Pepper was prescribed antibiotics but she was driven
back to the hospital two days later by her boyfriend after she
collapsed.
She died in hospital three days later on 12 July 2021.
The medical cause of her death was recorded as septic
emboli in the brain, which are obstructions of blood vessels,
with an infection by bacteria called staphylococcus aureus and an insect bite to the forehead also contributing.

'Fulfilling her dreams'

Mr Parsley, recording a narrative conclusion, said Miss Pepper died "as a result of a serious infection caused by an insect bite to the forehead".
He said: "I've never seen a case like this before.
"It's just one of those things that's just such an unfortunate
tragedy for a young lady who clearly had a wonderful career
and life ahead of her."
In a statement read during the hearing, Miss Pepper's father
Tristan said his daughter "loved nothing better than to go
flying with her dad and her brother Oliver, also a trainee
commercial pilot".
"She had met someone she loved, she was training to be a
commercial pilot and was fulfilling her dreams," he added.
Her mother Louisa said after the inquest that a "small
scholarship to encourage other women pilots" to enter the
profession, working with the British Women Pilots'
Association, had been set up in Miss Pepper's memory.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-62065525

Re: [tragic] 21yr Old Trainee Pilot From Suffolk Died After Mosquito Bite by nairalander2020(m): 4:49pm On Jul 06, 2022
this is so sad
Re: [tragic] 21yr Old Trainee Pilot From Suffolk Died After Mosquito Bite by MufasaLion: 4:50pm On Jul 06, 2022
Mosquitoes kills more than any other creatures.

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Re: [tragic] 21yr Old Trainee Pilot From Suffolk Died After Mosquito Bite by delzbaba(m): 5:01pm On Jul 06, 2022
Africans are strong.
Re: [tragic] 21yr Old Trainee Pilot From Suffolk Died After Mosquito Bite by meobizy(f): 5:23pm On Jul 06, 2022
Mosquitoes transmit staph? I am flabbergasted.

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