‘I’ve had to relearn everything’: Young quadruple amputee issues sepsis warning

A SEPSIS survivor has warned people to be aware of the signs of the infection as a five-year strategy to tackle the condition was launched in Ireland.

Dubliner Sophie Lanigan contracted sepsis from a bacterial infection in December 2022.

Within 24 hours her condition deteriorated and she was rushed to the Children’s Hospital in Dublin’s Temple Street, where she was given blood transfusions and put on a ventilator.

The medication that was needed to save her life caused a lack of blood supply to her hands and feet, and as a result her four limbs had to be amputated in January 2023.

Sepsis survivor Sophie Lanigan pictured at Dr Steevens’ Hospital in Dublin (Pic: Rolling News)

“I’ve had to relearn everything: writing, using my phone, brushing my hair,” Sophie said this week as the HSE launched its new strategy, Action on Sepsis 2026-2030.