Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I apologise that I have not recognised the importance of all the HSE representatives coming before the committee today. I acknowledge Mr. Joe Hughes and the Hughes family. I said it before the committee on the day Joe was in, I was pure ignorant of how serious sepsis is until we got the presentation and heard the human side of it, namely, whereby the family had lost someone. As others have stated, the committee will do anything it can. We have agreed to do the viewing in the audiovisual room in order to try to raise awareness within the complex, but, even on a wider scale, if we can help in any way, I encourage the representatives from the HSE and Joe and anybody else to communicate with us. It was not until the matter was raised at the committee that people realised how serious sepsis can be and the life-changing effect it has on families.

I have a couple of minor questions before we finish. If anybody else wants to come in, they may do so. Is sepsis covered as part of the curriculum at third level? Is there significant training for medical students as part of that or is recognising the symptoms built into their training?