Ingrid Oxley

Lying in a hospital bed fighting for her life, Ingrid Oxley would never have believed that Tuberculosis would change her life for the good – and contribute to her becoming NMMU’s first ever Master’s in Dietetics graduate. In 2011 while working as a dietician at a public hospital in Port Elizabeth, 30-year-old Ingrid contracted Tuberculosis (TB). After completing the treatment, she was cured of TB. However, she was hospitalised the very next year displaying TB symptoms again, this time more … [Read more...] about Contracting TB led to landmark NMMU master’s degree