Sir, – Kitty Holland reported (Home News, November 23rd) that Savita Halappanavar’s death was due to Ecoli and septicaemia.
An autopsy carried out in October showed that this was caused by an antibiotic resistant strain of E.coli-ESBL.
Perhaps real questions we should be asking are a) whether this triggered the whole series of events leading to her tragic death, b) whether the bug was contracted in the hospital or beforehand, and c) whether this poses a much more serious health risk that the issue of abortion. – Yours, etc,