South African Families of Late Life Esidemeni Patients To Receive Compensation

Author:
South African Broadcasting Corporation
Publisher:
South African Broadcasting Corporation
Publication Date:
8 February 2018
Tags:
South Africa, Governance, Health and Medicine, Human Rights, Legal and Judicial Affairs

The state has reached an agreement with Section 27 and Solidarity, that families of the deceased mentally ill patients who died in the Life Esidimeni transfer project, will each receive 200-thousand rand for funeral expenses and emotional shock.

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