Criticism over opinion delay and choice of antibiotics

An obstetrician treating Savita Halappanavar who died in an Irish hospital after she miscarried should have got a second opinion to terminate the pregnancy sooner, an inquest heard.

An expert witness said the Indian woman was also put on the wrong type of antibiotics for several hours for the strain of E.coli she contracted.

Susan Knowles, consultant microbiologist at the National Maternity Hospital in Dublin, said there were “subtle” indicators the patient was showing signs of sepsis late on Tuesday, Oct 23, last year and during the early hours of the next morning when she was found shivering in her bed.