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Sepsis: Symptoms, Causes and Treatment

Sep 13, 2022

The World Health Organisations first Global Report on sepsis found that death from sepsis accounts for 20% of all deaths worldwide. Sepsis kills 11 million people each year. Here Johan Verbruggen outlines the symptoms, causes and treatment of sepsis and how we support...

Family settle case over death of 88-year-old man in hospital

Jul 22, 2019

The family of an 88-year-old man who died 13 days after he was admitted to Sligo General Hospital has settled a High Court action over his death on confidential terms. Doireann O’Mahony BL told the court there was a “catalogue of errors” in the care provided to John...

Inquest concludes sepsis a factor in discharged woman’s death

Jan 25, 2016

An inquest into the death of a Co Monaghan woman who died just over an hour after she was discharged from Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda has concluded that sepsis was a significant contributory factor in her death. Anne Marron, 65, from Magheraboy,...

Man died following perforation of intestine, Sligo inquest hears

Dec 12, 2015

The family of a man who died when his small intestine was perforated during a procedure to repair a hernia say they hope lessons can be learned from his death. Sligo coroner Eamon MacGowan returned a verdict of death by medical misadventure following an inquest into...