A funeral has been held for a medical student in Birmingham who tragically died in his sleep at his university campus.<\/p>\n
The fun, friendly student Jazib Ahmad, aged 18, was a promising medical student.<\/p>\n
His death has been a shock among his friends and family.<\/p>\n
The teenager was discovered lifeless in his bed at the University of Exeter’s St Luke’s campus.<\/p>\n
It’s believed he died from either meningitis or septicaemia, prompting friends to set up a crowdfunding effort to highlight the dangers of the illness, reports DevonLive.<\/p>\n
So far more than \u00a31,000 has been raised for a bench on campus in his memory and donations to a meningitis charity.<\/p>\n
Fellow student Pablo Santander, 32, was one of a group of Jazib’s friends who set up the GoFundMe page.<\/p>\n
He said: “Jazib was studying medicine and was so excited about his future career as a doctor.<\/p>\n
“He was a bit shy at first in class but was becoming very confident. He was a very, very bright student.<\/p>\n
“He was a fun and sociable guy, not in the sense that he did a lot of partying but everyone around him was always smiling.”<\/p>\n
On Friday, November 20, Jazib and some fellow students had been to Truro to look at accommodation for a placement they were due to go on where they would continue their medical studies.<\/p>\n
Pablo explained the tragic circumstances surrounding his death.<\/p>\n
He said: “When they got back to Exeter he and his flat mates went to McDonald’s, had some food and returned to the Rowancroft halls of residence at the St Luke’s campus.<\/p>\n
“He was too tired to go out so he went to bed.<\/p>\n
“In the morning none of his flat mates had seen him, so late morning they went in to check on him. They found him dead in his bed.”<\/p>\n
Pablo, who was in the same tutor group as Jazib, said the last time he saw his friend he had a cold and a “sniffly nose” but was generally fine and happy.<\/p>\n
He said: “We all assumed it was fresher’s flu and didn’t really think anything of it. He was otherwise very bright and happy.<\/p>\n
“I found out on the Monday morning by text as we were due to be going to our tutor group together.<\/p>\n
“We were all offered counselling and support by the university. It was so sad, such a tragedy.”<\/p>\n
Pablo and a group of friends, along with the blessing of Jazib’s family, set up a GoFundMe page to raise money for a memorial bench in his honour.<\/p>\n
Pablo said: “We set the total for the cost of the bench at \u00a3800 and we were really surprised to exceed that within just 24 hours.<\/p>\n
“We decided that any extra money should be used for raising awareness in campus about the preventable dangers of Meningitis and encouraging all students to get vaccinated.<\/p>\n
“Any remaining funds will be donated to the Meningitis research foundation, in support of their aim to defeat meningitis worldwide.<\/p>\n
“We want to stop anything like this happening again.”<\/p>\n
A group of 12 friends, including Pablo, went to Birmingham for Jazib’s funeral and last week a memorial event was held at the University of Exeter.<\/p>\n
Pablo said: “I was really struck by just how many people had been touched by him.<\/p>\n
“The memorial was attended by so many people from many different walks of life – studies, the Muslim society, football clubs.<\/p>\n
“He was a very pleasant, very, very bright and inquisitive young man.”<\/p>\n
You can donate to the GoFundMe page by visiting www.gofundme.com\/f\/jcu5tn-memorial-bench-for-jazib<\/p>\n
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