The household of a 13-year-old woman who died of a sepsis an infection are calling for sufferers and their family members to be given the appropriate to ask for an pressing second opinion.
Martha Mills died two years in the past when medical doctors failed to identify and deal with her situation early sufficient.
Talking on BBC Radio 4’s Right this moment programme, Martha’s mom, Merope, stated she thinks about her daughter’s final days on a regular basis, and “what could have happened to change the outcome.”
She desires hospitals across the nation to usher in “Martha’s rule” – which might give dad and mom, carers and sufferers the appropriate to ask for an pressing second opinion from a essential care group on the similar hospital – if they’ve issues about their present care.
