Home Search
life esidimeni - search results
If you're not happy with the results, please do another search
Court stops removal of patients from Mpumalanga care home
The Mpumalanga High Court (Mbombela) has barred the Social Development Department from moving 36 disabled patients from a care facility after an application by AfriForum,...
Safety audit proposed after hospital staff attacked by psychiatric patients
Since January, there have been 43 attacks by psychiatric patients on staff at 17 Gauteng state hospitals, with the DA in the province now...
Deafening silence on Tembisa Hospital payments scandal – Jack Bloom
The DA deplores the deafening silence of the Gauteng Health Department concerning the News24 investigation that has exposed how corruption whistle-blower Babita Deokaran tried...
Sections of Mental Health Act ruled unconstitutional by High Court
Sections of the Mental Health Act that allowed the involuntary detention of patients, as occurred in the Life Esidimeni tragedy, have been declared unconstitutional...
Rampant legal collusion in health sector corruption – MUT/Stellenbosch study
Collusion between legal practitioners – including the State Attorney’s Office – medical staff, politicians and administrators has resulted in the government being defrauded of...
Surge in assaults on staff by psychiatric patients at Helen Joseph Hospital
Staff at Helen Joseph Hospital in Johannesburg have been exposed to a surge in violent attacks by psychiatric patients, with 32 assaulted in the...
Gauteng Premier’s Office admits ‘possible corruption’ in Charlotte Maxeke repairs
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has denied it is probing possible irregularities and tender corruption linked to the repairs of Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic...
AfriForum’s private prosecution unit grills former Gauteng Health deputy-director
At the ongoing inquest into the Life Esidemeni tragedy, last week (Thursday 20 January) Adv Phyllis Vorster, prosecutor at AfriForumʼs Private Prosecution Unit, cross-examined...
SA Medical Technology Industry Association: Unmask corruption in medtech sector
The South African Medical Technology Industry Association (SAMED) honours the International Anti-Corruption Day on 9 December and asks South Africans to act on the...
SA’s surgical backlog: 14,000 patients wait two years for 40-minute cataract procedure
After nearly two years of COVID-19, which has increased backlog of postponed non-essential surgery, people with benign conditions are now becoming emergency cases, health...