WRAL Investigates

Meningitis survivor: 'We're killing our own people'

Ginny Rauch thought she was going to die. The pain in her legs and back was so excruciating that she could hardly breathe at times. A steroid shot that was supposed to ease her back pain had instead left her with a near-fatal case of fungal meningitis.
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Ginny Rauch thought she was going to die. The pain in her legs and back was so excruciating that she could hardly breathe at times. A steroid shot that was supposed to ease her back pain had instead left her with a near-fatal case of fungal meningitis.

Reporter : Kelcey Carlson
Photographer : Edward Wilson
Producer : Randall Kerr
Posted 2012-11-05T18:44:57-0500 - Updated 2012-11-05T18:44:57-0500