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P2 – Another Life Esidemini death confirmed
Johannesburg - The Gauteng Department of Health confirmed on Monday that another Life Esidimeni patient had died.
The man, who was suffering from
“We can’t reveal any information of the
He had been in
Previously, the department said it would cost R6m to transfer more than 700 surviving Life Esidimeni patients out of unlicensed NGOs.
A total of R495 was being spent per patient per day on three meals, washing and cleaning services, and medication, she told reporters in Johannesburg.
They were being moved to the Life Esidimeni and
Twenty of the 22 unlicensed NGOs, to which the mentally ill patients were originally transferred from Life Esidimeni, were still open.
Ninety-four mentally ill patients died after they were transferred from Life Esidimeni to various NGOs last
More than 63 patients had already been transferred to licensed facilities. DM