INQUEST INTO DEATH OF SAVITA HALAPPANAVAR BEGINS TODAY
An inquest into the death of Savita Halappanavar will re-open in Galway today following a one day preliminary hearing last January.
The 31 year old had a miscarriage at University Hospital Galway and died four days later on October 28th last, having contracted septicaemia and E.coli.
The inquest is scheduled to last at least a week and will hear from hospital staff who treated Savita Halappanavar in her final days.
More than 50 statements have been compiled but as few as 16 witnesses may be called before coroner Dr Ciaran MacLoughlin.
Experts such as the former master of the National Maternity Hospital Dr Peter Boylan are also likely to give evidence.
A draft report by the HSE into the death found too much emphasis was placed on the foetus rather than the mother.