Praveen tells of test request

The husband of Savita Halappanavar was approached by a doctor, as his wife lay critically ill in hospital, to get permission to include her in a medical trial being conducted in Britain.

Praveen Halappanavar told the opening day of his wife’s inquest in Galway that he was disappointed and uncomfortable with what he was being asked, just two days before his wife died. When questioned, the medic said he did not know if the trial was approved by the Irish Medicines Board.

Mrs Halappanavar, aged 31, was 17 weeks pregnant when she miscarried at Galway University Hospital. She died unexpectedly from septic shock and an E.coli infection on Oct 28 last year.