Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 2 March 2023
Committee on Public Petitions
Public Petition on Lil Reds Legacy Sepsis Awareness Campaign: Mr. Joseph Hughes and Irish Sepsis Foundation
Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
I do not think there is any doubt that the success of the radio advertisement is enough evidence for any Minister or Department to see that advancing it onto national television could have an unbelievable impact. The figures are that annually, 50 million people worldwide get sepsis, of whom 11 million die. Two out of every five cases are children. These are frightening statistics. As a committee we could help by doing a presentation in the AV room. As I said at the start, I apologise for my ignorance of much of it but there are probably other Deputies and Senators in this complex who are not fully aware of how serious it is. Perhaps the witnesses would agree to come in at some stage to give a presentation in the AV room.
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