A senior midwife has said she is 100% certain she told a doctor about the elevated pulse rate of Savita Halapannavar, who died after she suffered a miscarriage at University Hospital Galway.

Crucial evidence from the midwife who cared for Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar as she fell critically ill will not be given to her inquest, it has been confirmed.

An experienced midwife feared Savita Halappanavar was suffering a “septic abortion” when she saw her the morning she fell critically ill.

A BABY girl developed brain damage and died five years later after being poisoned by food which contained magnesium levels 120 times above normal.