Mother's passion to educate public
A mother who lost her daughter to sepsis is urging the Manx public to wise-up to the disease.
Dee Struthers from Onchan says understanding the symptoms of sepsis and seeking rapid medical treatment can mean the difference between life and death.
Her 18-year old daughter Ann died from the condition in 2013, the sepsis diagnosed several days after she became ill with flu-like symptoms.
The disease, a form of blood poisoning, kills more than 37,000 people in the UK each year - equivalent to 200 in the Isle of Man.
You can find out more about the disease at sepsistrust.org
This week Ann's mum Dee is handing out information leaflets to the public, from a stand in the Noble's hospital foyer which tells the story of Ann's untimely death.
Dee says she wants to help others avoid the heartbreak her family has faced:
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