Galway , Ireland ( CNN ) -- One fateful day in October , life changed forever for Praveen Halappanavar . The engineer from India , who had settled in Ireland four years earlier with his wife , Savita , found himself suddenly a widower . Savita , a 31-year-old dentist , had died of blood poisoning after being denied an abortion for a miscarrying fetus under Ireland 's strict laws , her husband says . Read more : Protesters in Ireland rally for abortion rights . A month later , Halappanavar is without his beloved partner and the child they both longed for -- and now fears the truth behind her tragic death may be lost , too . `` We 've seen some tampering ( with ) the medical records -- basically some key information in the medical reports is missing , '' he told CNN . The missing notes concern the couple 's requests to hospital staff for a termination , Halappanavar said . The Galway/Roscommon University Hospitals Group has declined to comment on his claim . Meanwhile , heath authorities have already launched one inquiry into Savita 's death , and a second into the care of critically ill patients was announced by the Board of the Health Information and Quality Authority on Friday . Read more : Woman 's death prompts abortion debate in Ireland . But whatever conclusions are reached , they wo n't diminish her husband 's grief . Prospects for the couple , who married after meeting in India , had looked so bright . Together they had dreams of a beautiful future in Galway -- of children , forming a family . `` She was looking forward ... in a way she found she was in the right place , '' said her husband . `` She was well-organized too . She knew what she wanted in life . That 's why she had decided to settle here in the long term . '' When Savita , an attractive woman who loved to dance , became pregnant they were overjoyed . But then their ordeal began . Seventeen weeks into her pregnancy Savita began suffering severe back pain , and sought medical help . Read more : Who calls the shots on abortion laws ? Doctors at the Galway University Hospital told her she was miscarrying and that her baby would likely die . Savita 's husband says his wife , who was in extreme pain , asked for a termination , but was told that Ireland is a Catholic country and that the procedure could not be carried out while the fetus was alive . `` We requested a termination , '' he said . `` We wanted to go back , to go home and think about the next pregnancy because it was a planned pregnancy . We were so happy , we wanted to have babies . '' Three days after the request for a termination was made , the fetus died and was removed . Four days later , Savita was dead from a blood infection . Read more : Pregnant teen dies after abortion ban delays her chemo treatment for leukemia . The circumstances of her death have prompted outrage in Ireland . Protests in support of Savita , held not just in Ireland but across the world , have urged the country 's politicians to update its abortion laws and prevent similar tragedies . In Ireland , abortion is legal if the mother 's life is at risk , which differs from her health being at risk , said Kitty Holland , a reporter with the Irish Times . With abortion a hot-button issue in Ireland , there has been political fallout from the controversy , too . Prime Minister Enda Kenny is under pressure to get Halappanavar to assist with a Health Service Executive inquiry into his wife 's death , which was the first investigation set up . But Halappanavar says government steps so far have done little to inspire confidence , not just because officials took weeks to announce the inquiry , but also because when they did , three of the seven medical professionals on the investigation team were from the same hospital where his wife died . Although they have now been replaced on the team , other issues remain , Halappanavar said . `` We made a request for termination and there is no note of the request at all , and of the medical notes . The response from the doctor is not in the medical records either . '' Asked what he thinks has happened to the information , Halappanavar has no answer . `` We do n't know what has happened to it , '' Halappanavar said . `` It is strange that all other information is in there -- when we requested things like tea and toast , and when things like we requested an extra blanket , all that is in the medical notes . '' Halappanavar says he will settle for nothing less than a full public inquiry -- one in which the wider health service , not just his wife 's death , is investigated by independent experts . `` Every single person in the family asked me how could this happen in a place like Ireland in the 21st century , because it was just so simple , '' he said . `` When they knew the baby was not going to survive , why not think about the bigger life which was the mother , my wife Savita ? And they did n't . '' All he wants , he said , is the truth .
Praveen Halappanavar believes notes are missing from his wife 's medical records . She died of blood poisoning after being denied an abortion while miscarrying , he says . Ireland , a majority Catholic country , has strict laws on abortion . Score: 6