‘Savita might still be alive if 2007 case advice had been implemented’

Savita Halappanavar might be alive if Ireland’s maternity services had not failed to implement recommendations after a “disturbingly” similar death in 2007, a report has claimed.

The claim is made in the Health Information and Quality Authority’s (Hiqa) 257-page investigation into the death of the 17-weeks pregnant Indian dentist almost exactly a year ago.

The document, available at www.irishexaminer.com, mirrored the HSE’s report and the inquest hearing by again underlining serious errors in the 31-year-old’s care at University Hospital Galway last October.