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Gorka's 17-Year-Old Lesson After the Amputation of His Two Legs and an Arm: "There Were Times when He Gave Encouragement to Us"

The life of Gorka Goñi Mendiburu, a 17-year-old navarro from Elbete, changed forever on the night of January 3. What began as a fever became a matter of hours in a struggle for life against a fulminant meningococcal sepsis. After 85 days in the ICU, six surgical interventions and amputation of his two legs and left arm, Gorka and her family face a new reality. Her mother, Lourdes Mendiburu Vidart, recounts from La Paz Hospital in Madrid a hard p…
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The life of Gorka Goñi Mendiburu, a 17-year-old navarro from Elbete, changed forever on the night of January 3. What began as a fever became a matter of hours in a struggle for life against a fulminant meningococcal sepsis. After 85 days in the ICU, six surgical interventions and amputation of his two legs and left arm, Gorka and her family face a new reality. Her mother, Lourdes Mendiburu Vidart, recounts from La Paz Hospital in Madrid a hard p…

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COPE | Noticias y radio online broke the news on Thursday, May 7, 2026.
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