Ann Burke told the inquest she was very upset about it and that she did not mean the remark in a hurtful context.

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Ms Burke, a midwife manager at Galway University Hospital where Savita died, had told the inquest she was very upset about the "Catholic country" remark and that she did not mean it in a hurtful context.

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