South Africa: Asylum Seeker Appeals Hospital Decision to Stop Dialysis

19 November 2019

On 11 October the Johannesburg High Court handed down a judgment upholding a decision by Helen Joseph Hospital to discontinue life-saving dialysis treatment for an asylum seeker. Lawyers for the asylum seeker are preparing an appeal.

Alem Bazabe Ereselo arrived in South Africa in 2010, fleeing political persecution in Ethiopia. She applied for asylum. On 7 July 2010, she was informed that her application was rejected. She appealed to the Refugee Appeal Board, which to date has not made a decision.

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