Medical Negligence
Episode Five - Sepsis: Silent Killer
In this episode of The Case Files we hear from our client, Louise Harvey-Smith, who was told her toddler Reuben had tonsillitis when in fact he was fighting for his life against sepsis.
18 November 2019
With sepsis every hour counts – how could the doctors get it so wrong?
Kate is also joined by Dr Ron Daniels, from the UK Sepsis Trust and Global Sepsis Alliance as well as the family lawyer Matthew Smith from Slater and Gordon and Lisa O’Dwyer from Action Against Medical Accidents.
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