#SavitaHalappanavar died in Galway University Hospital on October 28th, 2012. "Three separate inquiries into her death found that she died of sepsis – an infection of the blood caused by an extremely virulent bacteria, Ecoli ESBL" thelifeinstitute.net/info/the-tragi…
The HIQA inquiry found 13 missed opportunities to save her life. The evidence that emerged from those inquiries is presented in the article and is a clear and factual account of this tragic case.
"Dr. Astbury was still unaware of the elevated white cell count - and the infection - at this point. She told the Coroner’s Court that if she had been aware of the infection she would have terminated the pregnancy - as was permissible under Irish law."
"Under Irish medical council guidelines, it was clear that the law permitted interventions to save the life of the mother where life-threatening conditions arose in pregnancy. In fact, Irish doctors are always obliged to intervene to save the life of a mother."
"in the previous year in the Rotunda Maternity Hospital, four interventions had been carried out to save the mother’s life where sepsis occurred in pregnancy. In all these cases the baby’s life had sadly been lost, but the life of the mother was saved."
Dr. Coulter Smith also pointed that "these interventions were not considered an abortion, saying 'we are talking about a termination of pregnancy, bringing a pregnancy to a conclusion in order to save a mother’s life - I don't think we should call that an abortion.'"
"A major Oireachtas hearing in 2013 heard from senior Irish Obstetricians... confirmed that they did not know of ANY situation where a woman had lost her life in Ireland because she was denied life-saving treatment when required."

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