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Pensioner died of sepsis after physician associate misdiagnosed her with nosebleed • Feb. 28, 2025, 12:18 AM ET (The Telegraph)

'My hand twin made my new fingers when I lost them to sepsis' • Feb. 27, 2025, 6:30 PM ET (BBC)

Daniel Klosi: Hospital apologises over death of boy from sepsis • Feb. 2, 2025, 5:39 PM ET (BBC)

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