Esidimeni death toll rises
15 February 2017
I have been informed of another death of a patient transferred from Life Esidimeni to the Shammah NGO based in Cullinan.
According his brother, he died this week and was in an emaciated condition.
This gives urgency to the need to close down the dodgy NGOs and transfer the patients to decent facilities as recommended by the Health Ombudsman in his report on 94 previously identified deaths.
Delays in transferring patients should not add to the immense tragedy of avoidable deaths in this whole sorry saga.