Savita thanked nurse who held her hand

A nurse who gripped the hand of Savita Halappanavar while delivering her dead baby daughter revealed how her patient later thanked her.

Savita thanked nurse who held her hand

The Indian dentist was undergoing surgery for the insertion of a central line when the foetus she had been miscarrying for three days “spontaneously delivered”.

Nurse Noreen Hannegan said she held the 31-year-old, who was awake, distressed and aware of what was happening as the line for the administration of fluids and drugs was being inserted.

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