President calls for Savita investigation which 'meets the needs of the family'

President Michael D Higgins has today called for an investigation into the death of Savita Halappanavar which "meets the needs of the family", as well as the public and the State.

Savita, 31, died 17 weeks into her pregnancy in Galway University Hospital on October 28 after losing her baby. She contracted septicaemia.