PATIENTS at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton are more likely to survive serious infections, new figures show.
Two more patients a month now survive septicaemia-related conditions (blood poisoning) than they did three years ago.
Since 2009 consultant physician Rudi Matull has led Musgrove’s drive to improve treatment for sepsis.
He said: “By checking everyone on admission we can identify it at a much earlier stage and start treatment before it takes hold.
“Most patients identified with sepsis now receive treatment within an hour.”
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