Nine members of the Irish medical team that treated an Indian dentist who died after being refused an abortion have been disciplined.

Galway University hospital said the nine were part of a larger medical team looking after Savita Halappanavar before she died from blood poisoning in October 2012.

Halappanavar had demanded that her pregnancy be terminated after fearing the foetus was dead and likely to give her sepsis. Her request was turned down after medical staff said they detected a foetal heartbeat. She was 17 weeks pregnant and miscarrying when she fell ill.

The 31-year-old, along with her husband Praveen, repeatedly asked for a termination because they believed her life was in danger.

A majority of the medical team – 21 out of 30 who attended Halappanavar – were told that there was "no case to answer" against them. The remaining nine were given limited sanctions that amount to written warnings.

"The disciplinary process in respect of most of the other nine staff is now complete," a spokesman for the West/North West Hospitals Group said. "In some cases pre-procedural informal counselling with training and mentoring was applied, in others written warnings were issued. The process is still under way for a small number of staff."

Praveen Halappanavar still intends to take a civil action over his wife's death against Ireland's Health Service Executive and Savita's obstetrician, Katherine Astbury.