More than 100 deaths have now been linked to the Life Esidimeni tragedy in Gauteng.
Health ombudsman Professor Malegapuru Makgoba told Parliament on Tuesday that the number of mentally ill patients who died after being transferred from the facility to 27 NGOs was continuing to rise.
He was addressing the portfolio committee on health.
All NGOs implicated in deadly mental health disaster to be shut down: Health MinisterAbout 700 patients who were removed from Life Esidmeni healthcare centres and put into NGOs will be moved back to healthcare centres‚ with some likely to return to one of the Life Esidimeni centres in Germiston‚ Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has said.
The Times reported on Wednesday that about 700 of the patients moved out of Life Esidimeni healthcare centres — to be placed in unlicensed facilities run by NGOs — would be slowly moved back.
Makgoba’s report into the scandal initially revealed that 94 patients had died. But the number will rise as more families come forward and bodies‚ not claimed by relatives‚ are identified.
Life Esidimeni death toll at 100 and rising
More than 100 deaths have now been linked to the Life Esidimeni tragedy in Gauteng.
Health ombudsman Professor Malegapuru Makgoba told Parliament on Tuesday that the number of mentally ill patients who died after being transferred from the facility to 27 NGOs was continuing to rise.
He was addressing the portfolio committee on health.
The Times reported on Wednesday that about 700 of the patients moved out of Life Esidimeni healthcare centres — to be placed in unlicensed facilities run by NGOs — would be slowly moved back.
Makgoba’s report into the scandal initially revealed that 94 patients had died. But the number will rise as more families come forward and bodies‚ not claimed by relatives‚ are identified.
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