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THE HEALTH SERVICE Executive has told TheJournal.ie that it is taking the concerns of widowed Galway resident Praveen Halappanavar “extremely seriously”.
Mr Halappanavar told The Irish Times yesterday that he is not satisfied with the presence of three Galway University Hospital staff on the team investigating his wife Savita’s death. He has made it clear that he wants nothing less than an independent examination of the events from after she presented herself with back pain on 21 October to her death on 28 October.
The HSE said it is now re-examining the make up of the seven-person inquiry panel.
Meanwhile, the chairman of the team Professor Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran – the independent expert in obstetrics and gynaecology from the UK – has sought a face-to-face meeting with Mr Halappanavar in order to discuss his concerns in relation to the investigation.
The statement from the HSE came after a lawyer for the Halappanavar family told RTÉ’s Today with Pat Kenny that Praveen had no faith in the process and would not cooperate with it.
Gerard O’Donnell told the presenter that his client would not consent to having Savita’s records looked at by the team. His appearance as a witness would also be in doubt.
“Any inquiry conducted by the HSE does not meet with his approval. He has no faith in the HSE. It’s important to remember that he lost his wife while under the care of the HSE,” continued O’Donnell.
The solicitor added that simply removing the three Galway hospital staff would not be sufficient. The bereaved wants public hearings and witnesses called under oath.
Mr Halappanavar told The Irish Times that he did not believe there would have been an inquiry into his wife’s death had it not been for the outrage seen since he made the tragedy public.
More calls
Ireland’s human rights watchdog has added its voice to the calls for an independent inquiry into the tragedy.
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties backed Mr Halappanavar’s request for a “fully independent” investigation.
Director Mark Kelly said the husband raised an “arguable claim that his wife had been seriously ill-treated”. Under human rights law, this places a procedural obligation on the State to conduct an official investigation, he added.
“The proposed inclusion in the inquiry team of three medical consultants from the hospital in which Mr Halappanavar’s wife died manifestly fails to meet this requirement.”
“Professor Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, the proposed head of the inquiry team has reportedly suggested that the main reason to have ‘internal people involved’ is to ‘find out about their standard practice’. The appropriate manner to achieve this is to call the persons concerned as witnesses before the inquiry, not to include them as members of it,” concluded Kelly.
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23 years of age. Hope it works out for him. Met a 15 year old on the streets of Dublin last Sunday evening. I sat and chatted. He seemed to enjoy the company. On the street through no fault of his own either, lovely kid and clearly a fighter
Nobody should be on the streets, but at 15 God help him to be in such a vulnerable position. Fair play for not just walking past.
I’m unemployed and can work hard. Currently undergoing the day/week/year from hell … Any chances?
FairPlay very fond of,
Why all the red , no harm in trying anyway possible.
Thank you Patrick – guess all the red thumbers don’t have any vacancies/opportunities
Might not suit but I worked in a call centre before and they’re always hiring especially in sales positions because people get sick of it quick. Target based and can be stressful but Base salary and commission usually.. I worked in a Cork office but I know there’s plenty around the country.. They’ll hire based on motivation and interview alone and where I worked at least no qualification needed. I didn’t mind the work at all but not for everyone!
Ignore all the red thumbs Very Fond Of. They’re just internet trolls wishing nothing better to do. Hope you find something soon. I was made redundant after 12 years and found it hard to find work but after 10 months I finally got something. Wasn’t my ideal job and barely paid me for travelling to and from but after 6 months I applied to another job I really wanted and wishing 2 days had a response for an interview and landed that job. Been in it now almost 10 months and still love it. What I’m saying is take what you can then look if not happy because it’s much easier to get a job when already in one.
The “hell” that I mention above is only partly due to job/money issues. Other traumas this year also. Anyways – thanks for the contributions A B and Andrew .
@very fond of. what skills do you have? it would be useful to know what industry suits.
You should check to see if he is one of those missing kids and contact right people. Goodfor that young man in uUK hope all goes right for him now.
P.s good on that young lad for tweeting it. :)
Hunger is a great source, in the sense he got on with what he had to do with the tools he had available and it worked. I would employ someone with that much enthusiasm and commitment. Hope it works out for you and your new employer.
I heard our government piss on about all the plans they have in place to tackle the crisis on this issue. Once again all looks good on paper.
Gavin Redmond you are right all plans and no jobs.there are plenty of jobs if you are mad enough to accept twenty euros on top of your social welfare.then you have to consider bus fares meals irregular hours.They allow you to work twenty hours a week..but employers are jumping on the wagon and your twenty hours are worked out over five days.This means you are cut off the social welfare.In other words you are working for npothing what ever happened to enda kennys five point plan .AS YOU SAY ALL PAPER AND NO DEACENT JOBS
Homeless kids being sent to school, homeless teenagers sent to college, homeless women finding husbands, homeless men getting jobs, cash offers from all over.
Think I’ll give up my grotty bedsit and head out on the streets.
Better prospects all round.
No milk for the coffee, then. doesn’t it just suck?
Coffee is coffee.
And tobacco is tobacco.
You’re some tool Jack
My grandad was right, hunger is the best sauce!
you know that’s not actually about motivation right?
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