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WOMAN TO SUE GALWAY HOSPITAL IN ALLEGED SEPSIS CASE
A WOMAN is to sue University Hospital, Galway alleging it failed to recognise she had sepsis after giving birth, causing her permananet injuries.
The case is set for hearing at the High Court from June 11th according to “The Sunday Times”.
The report claims the court could examine whether the hospital took steps to improve staff’s ability to recognise maternal sepsis, a life-threatening bacterial infection, between late 2009 and October 2012 when Savita Halappanaver died there.
In this case the woman gave birth in UHG in late 2009 and was later discharged.
She returned feeling unwell but some medical staff believed she might be suffering from post-natal depression.
According to the report four days after giving birth the woman was treated with antibiotics but by then was fast approaching multi-organ failure.
Even though her life was saved, the infection affected some of her digits and muscle mass on her feet and even after over 30 corrective procedures her mobility is still restricted.
The report also states that the HSE West has not commented on whether maternity medical staff had received any extra training to help them recognise the early onset of maternal sepsis.