South Africa: Life Esidimeni - Social Worker Insists Patients Were Looked After

A social worker at the Cullinan Care and Rehabilitation Centre has insisted patients were well looked after, despite the health ombudsman writing in October 2015 that there was a need for urgent intervention.

Daphney Ndhlovu, a social worker at the Cullinan Care and Rehabilitation Centre (CCRC), testified at the Life Esidimeni arbitration hearings on Monday that patients were sufficiently fed and received their medication, despite complaints from family members of patients that they weren't cared for.

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