South Africa: NPA to Establish Formal Inquest Into Life Esidimeni Deaths

17 September 2019

Three years after the Life Esidimeni tragedy, the Acting Director of Public Prosecutions (ADPP) in Pretoria, Adv George Bolyi, has referred the docket for a formal inquest.

In total, 144 psychiatric patients died, many of starvation and neglect after the Gauteng health department cancelled their outsourced contract with Life Esidimeni to save money when thousands of patients were transferred out of the facility.

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