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Failure to capitalise on ‘missed opportunities’ to intervene in the care of Savita Halappanavar which could have changed the outcome for her, could have prevented her death at University Hospital Galway almost 12 months ago, it was claimed last evening.

The Health Service Executive this week apologised to the family of a 34-year-old Garda sergeant, a native of Louisburgh, who died after giving birth to twins at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda.

University College Hospital in Galway has been named and shamed as the worst performing hospital in the country, failing terribly in areas such as access to services for patients as well as the use of beds and other resources.

The misdiagnosed miscarriage saga at UHG took a further twist this week when the chairperson of the HSE West’s regional health forum revealed he was contacted by the family of a woman who was wrongly told she had lost her unborn baby 19 years ago.

The Galway woman at the centre of the third baby scan error has spoken of the “intense feeling” of guilt she experienced for not reporting her scanning misdiagnosis at University Hospital Galway in 2008.

The chairperson of the HSE West’s regional health forum is calling for a public inquiry into baby scan errors at University Hospital Galway which could have resulted in the lives of two unborn children being terminated.

The number of people attending the emergency department of University Hospital Galway rose by 22 per cent during the Christmas period.