Disgraced former Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu will appear before the African National Congress (ANC) Gauteng integrity commission.
"The PEC (Gauteng Provincial Executive Committee) resolved that Comrade Qedani Mahlangu should meet with the ANC Gauteng Provincial Integrity Committee to give a full account on the matter," said ANC Gauteng Provincial Secretary Hope Papo.
The committee is yet to set a date for the meeting.
The ANC in Gauteng also welcomed Mahlangu's resignation saying her actions demonstrated "political accountability and sensitivity to the affected families' pain".
They also "cautioned" that the death of the 94 mental health patients should not be used for "political point scoring and grandstanding".
The mental health patients died after they were moved from the Life Esidemeni Hospital and placed in various NGO facilities in the province, some of which were found to be unlicensed.
It was initially reported that 36 patients had died, but the figure turned out to be nearly triple that. The health ombudsman found that the most common cause of the deaths was pneumonia, followed by uncontrolled seizures. Patients were found to be starving and dehydrated. Relatives testified that the patients had been given no blankets or warm clothing during last year’s cold winter.
Mahlangu resigned hours before the report was presented.
Additional reporting by The Conversation
Former health MEC Mahlangu to 'meet' ANC's integrity committee
Disgraced former Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu will appear before the African National Congress (ANC) Gauteng integrity commission.
"The PEC (Gauteng Provincial Executive Committee) resolved that Comrade Qedani Mahlangu should meet with the ANC Gauteng Provincial Integrity Committee to give a full account on the matter," said ANC Gauteng Provincial Secretary Hope Papo.
The committee is yet to set a date for the meeting.
The ANC in Gauteng also welcomed Mahlangu's resignation saying her actions demonstrated "political accountability and sensitivity to the affected families' pain".
They also "cautioned" that the death of the 94 mental health patients should not be used for "political point scoring and grandstanding".
The mental health patients died after they were moved from the Life Esidemeni Hospital and placed in various NGO facilities in the province, some of which were found to be unlicensed.
It was initially reported that 36 patients had died, but the figure turned out to be nearly triple that. The health ombudsman found that the most common cause of the deaths was pneumonia, followed by uncontrolled seizures. Patients were found to be starving and dehydrated. Relatives testified that the patients had been given no blankets or warm clothing during last year’s cold winter.
Mahlangu resigned hours before the report was presented.
Additional reporting by The Conversation
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