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Esidimeni officials receive over R1m while suspended on full pay
Two senior officials implicated in the transfers that led to the deaths of more than 100 Esidimeni patients have received R1.169m while suspended on...
Motsoaledi updates Parliament on Esidimeni tragedy
Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has closed down 14 of the 27 NGOs in which over 100 Life Esidemeni psychiatric patients died and has...
Gauteng Health breached Esidimeni agreement – Motsoaledi
Gauteng Health was in breach of an agreement when it moved mentally ill Life Esidimeni patients to facilities offering an inferior service, said Health Minister...
Appeals tribunal to process appeals of Health Ombud's Esidimeni report
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has announced the appointment of an ad-hoc independent tribunal that will process all appeals of the Health Ombudsman’s damning report...
Legislation 'could have stopped Esidimeni in its tracks'
Legislation intended to improve the government’s capacity to identify disease outbreaks and health emergencies is due to go before the Cabinet, Health Minister Aaron...
Esidimeni victims found in pile of unclaimed bodies
National director-general of Health Precious Matsoso this week personally intervened with a large police contingent to secure access to a Pretoria 'private mortuary' where...
Esidimeni: The silent must shriek for justice
The Health Ombud’s report is subtitled: No Guns: 94 silent deaths and still counting. The historical allusion is undoubtedly intentional, writes MedicalBrief's William Saunderson-Meyer.
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Despite lofty plans, 90% of mentally ill South Africans still without care
Around 30.3% of South Africans experience a mental disorder in their lifetime – and about 16% of them in any given year – but...
New WHO guidance for global mental health policies
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued new guidance to help all countries reform and strengthen mental health policies and systems – most of...
Unspent R250m cancer treatment funds returned to Treasury
Gauteng Health has attempted to justify its failure to spend R250m that was allocated for cancer treatment saying the situation is “not as urgent”...