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ICYMI: The High Court in Pretoria has heard that former Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu ignored experts’ advice during the relocation of over 3 000 mental health patients from the Life Esidimeni facilities.

21 October 2022, 6:14 PM |The High Court in Pretoria has heard that former Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu ignored experts’ advice during the relocation of over 3 000 mental health patients from the Life Esidimeni facilities.The inquest is probing the deaths of 144 mental health patients who died during the June 2016 marathon relocation from the Life Esidimeni facilities to ill-equipped and unregistered NGOs.

“The first one that I can say I see the MEC acknowledged is that we don’t have enough beds at the NGOs and another thing, people were trying to advise but she carried on. She was also aware of the policy framework that indicated that the community-based services are not yet all developed to the point that we needed them. She was also advised about the warnings by the professionals.”

“The people or project team members were scared of her. And then it was also indicated that she was the driver. I would agree with that because in the meeting she will there’s turning back. So that means we had to work hard and that.”

 

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Why would she listen to experts when none of her family members' lives was at risk. All she cared about was saving money. And NOT to save it for the country BTW, in case you wondering

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