Date has been set in the High Court to claim for the damages against Health Service Executive by Praveen, the husband of the ill-fated 31 years old Savita Halappanavar, who died in October 2012, due to medical negligence.
The case against the HSE will be heard in March 10 2016 and is expected to run for 3 days.
Savita was pregnant with her first child, when she attended University College Hospital in Galway, Ireland with pains. She died a week later on October 28th, after miscarrying and contacting E coli, leading to septic shock.
A subsequent inquest heard that she had repeatedly asked for a termination. But because a heartbeat was detected and her life allegedly did not appear to be in danger at that time, an abortion could not be carried out under the law.
A review into the handling of her case found that "inadequate assessment and monitoring" were contributory factors in her death.
Praveen Halappanavar, will be travelling from the US for 3 days to attend the hearing.
