Wednesday, 30 June 2021, 2:46 pm Taranaki DHB is leading the way with a new programme of work aimed at early detection and treatment of sepsis. Sepsis (mate whakatāoke) is ‘blood poisoning’ or ‘toto pirau’ - sometimes called septicaemia. It’s a life-threatening condition that arises when the body’s response to an infection injures its own tissues and organs. Taranaki DHB’s sepsis project manager, Ehsan Ullah, says sepsis is hard to describe and is not easy to detect, but it’s killing our whānau. "Māori and Pacific peoples are affected by sepsis 2-3 times more commonly than others, and usually have