Dies Natalis Honorary Doctorates

On Dies Natalis, 22 March 2019, Ghent University will be honouring Krista Bracke and Frances Morris with an institutional honorary doctorate. Six faculty honorary doctorates will also be awarded. Institutional honorary doctorates. These honorary doctorates are awarded to persons for special social merits. Krista Bracke (Lokeren, b. 1968) was a presenter and producer at Radio 1 until she was suddenly infected by a carnivorous bacterium in 2009 and appeared to suffer from an immune disease. She survived, but the attack on her body had serious consequences: the loss of both her lower legs, a distorted right hand, a chronic lung disease, and an immune defect. This Ghent native wrote a book in 2014 on her struggle to survive - which she also partly fought at and together with Ghent University Hospital - and to deal with the limitations of her new life entitled My life on stilts .
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