Gauteng Health MEC forces delays of report into patient deaths
16 January 2017
I am disappointed but not surprised that the release of the Health Ombudsman's report into the deaths of psychiatric patients has been delayed because Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu has requested extra time to respond to his findings.
Mahlangu was supposed to respond by last week on Friday 13 January, but on that day she requested a further extension of time.
She now has to reply by close of business on Tuesday 24 January 2017.
I expect that the findings of the report are devastating and that MEC Mahlangu and some senior officials could be held criminally liable.