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CSU-Pueblo Student Dies From Tuberculosis
The State Health Department has confirmed the death at Memorial Hospital Friday was caused by tuberculosis. Kalpana Dangol, 19, was a CSU-Pueblo student who recently moved to the Springs.
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The State Health Department has confirmed a death at Memorial Hospital Friday was caused by tuberculosis.
The woman was an international, CSU-Pueblo student who recently moved to the Springs. The El Paso County Coroner confirmed to KKTV that Kalpana Dangol, 19, died of TB.
According to the State Health Department, it is unlikely she died from a drug-resistant strain of TB.
According to them, this is not an outbreak of TB, and they are contacting the appropriate people who may have been in contact with her.
There are about 120 cases of TB in Colorado each year.
The news comes just two weeks after Atlanta lawyer Andrew Speaker created a global health scare after traveling with the disease. Speaker is currently being treated at Denver's National Jewish hospital.
For a more information about TB, including how it is spread and treated, visit the Centers for Disease Control’s Web site.
If CSU-Pueblo parents or students have any questions, they have been asked to call the Health Department Helpline at (877) 462-2911.
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My deep condolences to Kalpan's little sister Manju and her family. May god help them the power to deal with this saddest moment.
Thank you KKTV for correcting the photograph. This is now the correct person. I also would like to thank those people responding with positive comments. I have spent a significant amount time with a large number of the students from Nepal over the last 2 years including Kalpana. I have also spent time with numerous students from other countries as well. I would like to say that these international students at CSU-Pueblo are among the finest people that I have ever known and that they are an enormous credit to their school, to the community as a whole, and to their home countries. I consider it a privilege to count them as my friends. I have just been tested for TB and the results were all clear, but even if they had not been so, I would still have no regrets for the time I spent with these students.
Kalpana's untimely death is indeed tragic. She was a friend to many and as mentioned was in the U.S. legally and met all medical requirements to attend school in this country. Unfortunately, prior medical visits did not provide proper diagnosis so that this young lady could have been treated. Our prayers go out to her family and friends.
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