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SA's healthcare workers should not be silenced into malpractice
While it is of grave concern that there were many healthcare workers who did not speak out in the course of the Life Esidimeni...
Testimony on the grim state of mental healthcare in SA
Psychiatrist Dr Lesley Robertson painted a grim picture of the state of mental healthcare in SA, in testimony before the SA Human Rights Commission.
“We...
DA wants answers on Gauteng Health’s 'wasted' R500m
The Democratic Alliance's Shadow Health MEC in Gauteng is to quizz the provincial health department on why it spent R500m on a data storage...
'Torture and contempt that defy comprehension'
“There is a trail of events in this situation that defies comprehension. Vulnerable, dependent, poor people were virtually tortured to death. And if that...
The Tricky Trio: Gauteng Health officials duck and dive
Top Gauteng Health officials who have so far avoided giving evidence before the Life Esidimeni inquiry into the deaths of 144 mental patients are...
Judge Moseneke: Gauteng Health triumvirate 'must testify'
Judge Dikgang Moseneke said the Life Esidimeni hearings into the deaths of more than 140 state psychiatric patients would not be completed until the three senior...
Gauteng Health's top brass pushed implementation of 'irrational' plan
While NGOs leaders will have to explain at the Life EsidImeni arbitration why more than 140 patients died under their watch, the former Gauteng...
Motsoaledi bemoans lack of control over provincial health departments
South Africa’s Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says he has "zero authority" to improve the functioning of troubled state hospitals, which are all managed by...
Gauteng psychiatric care in a dire state
Gauteng is short of about 2,700 psychiatric beds which means that psychiatric patients have to be admitted to general wards, thus posing a threat...
Social Development bid to appeal frail care ruling
The Department of Social Development has asked the Port Elizabeth High Court for permission to appeal against a ruling that it has to carry...