Midwife ‘100% certain’ she told doctor of pulse

A senior midwife has said she is 100% certain she told a doctor about the elevated pulse rate of Savita Halapannavar, who died after she suffered a miscarriage at University Hospital Galway.

Clinical midwife manager Ann Maria Burke told an inquest she called a medic to see if the Indian dentist could have a bath the night before she fell critically ill, and mentioned the high pulse rate before she went off shift at about 8pm.

However, Ikechukwu Uzochkwu, senior house officer in obstetrics andgynaecology, remains adamant that he was only told the patient was weak but that her vitals were fine during a call between 9pm and 11pm.