Husband says key information missing from hospital records

Claims by Praveen Halappanavar that key information on his wife Savita’s death is missing from her medical records intensified opposition demands for an independent probe into the affair.

The widower said repeated requests from himself and his wife for a termination have been omitted from official files, while a request for tea and toast remain in them.

Mr Halappanavar also said a comment he alleges a consultant made that a termination would not happen because “this is a Catholic country” was not included either.