Praveen Halappanavar, husband of an Indian dentist who diedin Ireland after she was refused termination of an unviable pregnancy, willmove the European Court of Human Rights for justice as Irish authorities didnot agree to conduct a public inquiry into his wife's case.
Praveen's solicitor Gerard O'Donnell said he was identifyinga team of junior and senior counsel for the action because Irish HealthMinister James Reilly did not agree to a public inquiry into the circumstancesof 31-year-old Savita's death, according to the Irish Times.
"I expect to sit down with them and my client earlynext week to draw up papers to submit to the European court," he wasquoted as saying.
Praveen has said the two inquiries established into hiswife's death did not satisfy him or her family.
The first was set up by the Health and Security Executive(HSE), while the second by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA).Both will be held in private.
O'Donnell said the family had received offers of supportfrom women's and human rights groups across the world in its quest for a publicinquiry into Savita's death.
Savita died on October 28 at Galway University Hospital.
She had been 17-week pregnant and was found to bemiscarrying.
Praveen has said she asked repeatedly for a termination ofthe pregnancy but was refused on the grounds that the foetal heartbeat wasstill present and "this is a Catholic country".
The miscarriage lasted from October 21 to 24, according toPraveen. His wife contracted septicaemia and died on October 28.
