Ignaz Semmelweis - The Persecuted Medical Pioneer airs this Sunday at 8:25am on channel 9GEM across Australia. Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis was a Hungarian doctor, now known as an early pioneer of antiseptic procedures. Described as the "saviour of mothers", Semmelweis discovered that the incidence of puerperal, or childbed fever, could be drastically cut if doctors washed their hands before delivering babies in maternity wards. However, he was ridiculed and persecuted for his discovery and died an

Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis was a brilliant Hungarian doctor and physician who is now recognized and celebrated as an early pioneer of antiseptic procedures and modern hygiene practices in #medicine. Lovingly described as the "saviour of mothers" for his groundbreaking work, Dr. Semmelweis made a revolutionary discovery that would eventually save countless lives 💙 He found that the incidence of deadly puerperal, or childbed fever, could be drastically and dramatically cut by as much as 90% if doct