DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My brother recently died from sepsis. He went to the hospital with a simple stomach ailment. Since his death, I have heard of more than 20 people contracting sepsis in a hospital and dying. Why does this deadly infection occur in hospitals, and what is being done to clean up this mess? -- J.B.

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