Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 20 April 2023

Committee on Public Petitions

Public Petition on Lil Reds Legacy Sepsis Awareness Campaign: Engagement with the HSE

Photo of Emer HigginsEmer Higgins (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is an interesting message. It is probably worth all of us here clipping that and putting it on our social media too. I come across people all the time who feel they have gone to the doctor or hospital and did not get an antibiotic so it was not worth their while going but if they do not need an antibiotic, that is worth knowing and it is worth getting the message out there as loudly as we can that you have to trust in your doctor. Obviously, people have to trust their own instincts and if someone feels he or she needs a second opinion, then he or she should do so but if people are not given an antibiotic, that does not mean that something is not wrong with them but rather they might be able to fight it without over-prescription. I thank Dr. Henry for that. I thank everyone for all their work, not just on this issue but in all their day jobs.

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