'Sepsis is an indiscriminate killer': GPs get new guidelines for treating potentially fatal condition

HSE chief clinical officer Dr Colm Henry at the launch of the GP guidelines on sepsis.

Sepsis is an “indiscriminate killer”, the father of a teenage boy who died has warned, as GPs receive a new guide on identifying and preventing the condition.

Doctors urged the public to stay up-to-date with vaccines to help prevent infections which could lead to the potentially fatal condition.