South Africa: Parliament Committee Welcomes Probe Into Deaths of Psychiatric Patients

16 September 2016

Parliament's social services select committee has welcomed the investigation into the death of 36 psychiatric patients in Gauteng.

This comes after Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu revealed during an oral reply to questions in the legislature that 36 psychiatric patients, who had been transferred from Life Healthcare Esidimeni, had died while in the care of NGOs.

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