Doctors axed to salvage Savita inquiry

The Government removed three Galway consultants from the inquiry into Savita Halappanavar’s death in a desperate attempt to rescue the investigation — but her family insists it still is not enough.

The HSE investigation is in crisis after solicitors for her husband insisted only a fully independent and public inquiry would suffice.

In a desperate scramble to rescue the inquiry yesterday, the Government removed three Galway-based medical staff from the seven-member investigating panel.