Sepsis Voices: Lesley Adams

62 year-old Lesley became extra susceptible to infections when she developed common variable immunodeficiency. When Lesley was hospitalised with a broken leg and started deteriorating rapidly, her two daughters, Lorna and Joanna, had to argue fiercely with hospital staff to consider the possibility of infection.
Despite this, hospital staff were reluctant to listen, and Lesley received delayed treatment that almost proved fatal... Lesley’s story underscores the importance of advocating for loved ones and the need for Martha’s Rule, the seeking of a second medical opinion, to be exercised at the soonest possible juncture to help curb medical negligence towards sepsis and help save lives.