THE family of a 76-year-old builder who died of sepsis following a routine hip replacement operation at a private hospital is to sue the facility for what it believes was a preventable death. THE family of a 76-year-old builder who died of sepsis following a routine hip replacement operation at a private hospital is to sue the facility for what it believes was a preventable death. 'Our dad's death was preventable' - family of man who died from sepsis after routine operationJohn Brennan, from Portlaoise, Co Laois, died from sepsis triggered by bronchial pneumonia on November 28, 2017, an inquest heard yesterday. Mr Brennan had undergone elective hip replacement surgery at the Beacon Hospital in south Dublin on November 23, 2017. “He went in to have a routine hip operation and didn’t come out.

Source: Irish Independent January 29, 2020 07:30 UTC