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| Tragic ... Savita Halappanav |
HEALTH chiefs have launched investigations following the death of a woman in
an Irish hospital after she was "refused an abortion."
The 31-year-old was 17 weeks pregnant when she died after suffering a miscarriage and septicaemia.
The woman’s husband Praveen Halappanavar, 34, claimed she had complained of
being in agonising pain while in Galway University Hospital.
He has said that doctors refused to carry out a medical termination because
the foetus’s heartbeat was present.
Mr Halappanavar has claimed that following several requests by his late wife for a termination, they were told: “This is a Catholic country.”
The woman’s death is expected to spark a backlash against the Irish Government
for failing to reform health laws to allow abortion if the life of the
mother is in danger.
Probe ... investigation at University College Hospital Galway.
Mrs Halappanavar, understood to be from India but who had been living in
Ireland, died after developing septicaemia - an infection in the blood - on
October 28.
Investigations into Mrs Halappanavar’s death have been launched by the
Galway-Roscommon University Hospitals Group and the state’s health
officials.
It is expected the hospital’s investigation will be complete within three
months.
A spokesman for the hospital said: “Firstly, the Galway Roscommon University
Hospitals Group wishes to extend its sympathy to the husband, family and
friends of Ms Halappanavar.”
The Galway hospital said medics have carried out all standard practices in
notifying the death to the coroner, informing the Health Service Executive
and completing a maternal death notification.
Source:http://www.thesun.co.uk/
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