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Aoife Johnston inquest: Teenager waited 15 hours before she was given antibiotics to treat sepsis

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University Hospital Limerick’s assistant director of nursing agreed that there was an overconcentration of medical expertise dealing with fractures and broken bones on that night

Aoife Johnston waited in the emergency department of University Hospital Limerick for over 15 hours before she was given antibiotics to treat suspected sepsis, an inquest has heard.

Patricia Donovan, the hospital’s assistant director of nursing, said she was “disappointed ... not surprised, but disappointed” at this, “given the gravity of what was going on in the department that week”.

She agreed with Damian Tansey SC, counsel for the Johnston family, that the mortality rate for sepsis is 100 per cent if it is left untreated.

 

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