No, the hippocampus is responsible for giving you the ability to process short-term memory, not remember the past. It's where the things which just happened to you are temporarily stored until your brain can process them and put them into longer-term storage. If it is damaged, you can no longer remember things. Hers was permanently damaged, along with other past memories, leaving her without the ability to process new memories, as well as severely fractured memories of certain past events.
Sounds like a nightmare scenario to me. I'm saddened to see so many FReepers make fun of her.
It does indeed sound like a nightmare scenario.
I feel for her and her family.
“No, the hippocampus is responsible for giving you the ability to process short-term memory, not remember the past. It’s where the things which just happened to you are temporarily stored until your brain can process them and put them into longer-term storage. If it is damaged, you can no longer remember things. Hers was permanently damaged, along with other past memories, leaving her without the ability to process new memories, as well as severely fractured memories of certain past events. “
If it is as you describe it, then indeed she would be disabled.