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Medical regulators still reviewing Savita's care

Medical regulators are still reviewing the actions of some staff in the Savita Halappanavar case fol...
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1:24 PM - 11 Sep 2014



Medical regulators still revie...

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Medical regulators still reviewing Savita's care

TodayFM
TodayFM

1:24 PM - 11 Sep 2014



Medical regulators are still reviewing the actions of some staff in the Savita Halappanavar case following disciplinary action by the HSE.

Written warnings were issued to some of the 30 staff involved in her care, before she died of an infection at University Hospital Galway in October 2012 following a miscarriage.

Other workers were given 'pre-procedural' informal counselling around improving their work, and 21 of her care staff were found to have 'no case to answer'.

The HSE has not identified which staff members were disciplined for privacy reasons.

Director of the Irish Patients Association, Stephen McMahon, says it's hard to have confidence in the system when we don't know who was held accountable and why:



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