Praveen Halappanavar will be grateful “to his dying day” to the critical care staff at Galway University Hospital for the care they gave to his wife Savita before she passed away.

Savita Halappavar's inquest heard today about her final days and hours in intensive care before her death from septicaemia at Galway University Hospital last October.

Praveen Halappanavar has thanked a midwife for her honesty in admitting she told his miscarrying wife Savita that her pregnancy could not be terminated because this is a Catholic country.

The inquest into the death of Savita Hallapanavar is expected to hear more medical evidence today.

Hotly disputed remarks that labelled Ireland as a country that denies a termination to seriously ill women who are miscarrying were admitted for the first time yesterday.

A consultant who treated Savita Halappanavar has said she would have started terminating the foetus regardless of a heartbeat if she had been aware of a junior doctor’s note that the patient was suffering from sepsis.

Systems failures in the care of Savita Halappanavar have been acknowledged by her consultant.

Savita Halappanavar's inquest continues today with further evidence from a consultant who treated the 31-year-old at Galway University Hospital where she died following a miscarriage.

A key witness in the investigation into the death of Savita Halappanavar will take the stand today as contradictory evidence emerged about requests for her pregnancy to be terminated.

A friend of Savita Halappanavar confirmed she was present when controversial and disputed remarks were made by a midwife about the inability to carry out a termination at Galway University Hospital because it was a Catholic country.

A friend of Savita Halappanavar has backed up claims that the young dentist was told abortion was not an option because of Catholic teaching.

A midwife has been called to give evidence at Savita Halappanavar's inquest over an alleged comment that her pregnancy could not be terminated because 'it was a Catholic thing'.