Court finds South Africa government negligent in psychiatric patient deaths

A judge ruled Wednesday that the negligence of two South African officials was to blame for the deaths of psychiatric patients after they were transferred to unlicensed facilities in 2016. READ ALSO:Libya says cannot continue hosting Europe-bound migrants In a tragedy that has gripped the country for years, at least 144 mentally ill people died after being moved from a psychiatric hospital to non-governmental organisations and other facilities in an apparent cost-cutting measure. They died from causes such as pneumonia, dehydration, diarrhoea and food aspiration. The patients were moved after the provincial health department in Gauteng, where Johannesburg and PretoriaThe post Court finds South Africa government negligent in psychiatric patient deaths appeared first on Guardian Nigeria News.
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