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An expert witness, Dr. Mvuyiso Talatala, has told the Life Esidimeni Inquest at the Pretoria High Court that some patients lost significant weight before succumbing to a variety of diseases. LifeEsidimeni

Talatala, a specialist psychiatrist, testified that some patients died of gangrene, lung infection and pneumonia.

Talatala argued the transfer of critically ill patients like Virginia Makhaphela from the Life Esidimeni to ill-equipped NGOs could have contributed to their deaths.

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