GALWAY DOCTORS REMOVED FROM HSE SAVITA INQUIRY

Date Published: 20-Nov-2012

The Taoiseach says the three doctors from University Hospital Galway who were to sit on an inquiry into the death of Savita Halappanavar will not now do so.

It comes after the 31-year-old’s husband – Praveen – declared he would not co-operate with the inquiry because of the inclusion of the doctors on the team.

This afternoon Enda Kenny told the Dáil that Health Minister James Reilly had instructed the inquiry be made up of people with no association with UHG.

The Taoiseach’s admitted the only contact with Praveen Halappanavar is through a legal team, but he hopes he will now co-operate as this is an independent inquiry.