South African Mental Patients Moved Despite Warnings #Esidimeni

The Esidimeni arbitration hearing has been told that suspended head of Gauteng health Barney Selebano ignored warnings from internal medical experts that the move from Life Esidimeni to 27 unlicensed non-governmental organisations would have a "devastating impact" on the 140 mentally ill patients who subsequently died.

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