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South Africa: Life Esidimeni Patients Loaded Like Goats Into a Truck - Family
News24Wire, 19 October 2017
The families of two Life Esidimeni patients testified on Thursday how they were never informed that their relatives would be moved to different institutions, including a number of… Read more »
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South Africa: I've Been Having Nightmares - Daughter of Life Esidimeni Patient
News24Wire, 20 October 2017
The daughter of a Life Esidimeni patient who died at an NGO after she was moved, said the death of her mother has taken a physical, mental and emotional toll on the entire family. Read more »
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South Africa: Life Esidimeni Victim's Sister - 'I Cried. I Did Not Believe What I Saw'
News24Wire, 20 October 2017
The sister of one of the Life Esidimeni patients on Friday described the conditions she found her brother's body in after he was transferred to a mortuary, which used to be a… Read more »
New Details Emerge in South African Mentally Ill Patients' Deaths
Ethel Ncube, the owner of Precious Angels, one of the unlicensed nongovernmental organisations that housed mental health patients who died after their transfer from Life Esidimeni, has rejected accusations that patients died of hunger and cold. This comes as Sandra de Villiers testified how her brother Jaco Stols was allegedly mistreated at Siyabadinga where patients were said to walk around naked during winter.
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18 October 2017
Life Esidimeni Arbitration Hearings, 18 October 2017 - Part 1
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The hearings into the deaths of 141 mentally-ill patient who died after being transferred to unlicensed NGOs from Life Esidimeni continues. see more »
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18 October 2017
Life Esidimeni arbitration hearings, 18 October 2017 - Part 2
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The hearings into the deaths of 141 mentally-ill patient who died after being transferred to unlicensed NGOs from Life Esidimeni continues. see more »
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Levy Mosenogi, the director of planning, policy and research at the Gauteng health department, has apologised to the families of the 118 psychiatric patients who died after they ... Read more »
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The deaths of 118 psychiatric patients who were transferred from Life Esidimeni to 27 other non-governmental organisations have been described as one of "the greatest cause of ... Read more »
