South Africa: #lifeesidimeni - Officials Could Face Culpable Homicide Charges

Those who oversaw the removal of mental health patients could face the full wrath of the law as could those standing by as KZN's cancer care fails.

Gauteng health department officials could be criminally charged with culpable homicide for their roles in the Life Esidimeni scandal, says David McQuoid-Mason, a law professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal's Centre for Socio-Legal Studies.

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