An Irish teenager died in University Hospital Limerick due to delays in recognising and treating sepsis, The Sunday Independent reported on 10 December after a review into her treatment and care following reports she spent a significant time on a hospital trolley.
Aoife Johnston was 16 when she died on 19 December last year. The Health Service Executive in Ireland has issued an apology for “serious failings in the care” provided to her. An internal review into the circumstances of her death was provided to her family, revealing that she waited 12 hours in UHL’s severely overcrowded emergency department and was not treated for sepsis until it was too late, and despite her family flagging her deteriorating condition. The review found that delays in her treatment breached national guidelines on sepsis management.
