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Five years since the death of 144 mentality ill Life Esidimeni patients, the process of holding the former Gauteng health officials professionally and criminally liable has been ’extraordinarily slow’. ....
Healing prayer hosted by Gauteng province for the family members of the deceased. (Photo credit: Nelisiwe Msomi) The Life Esidimeni online Memorial and Advocacy Project website was launched on Thursday, 20 May to mark Mental Health Action Day and to keep the stories of the 144 mentally ill patients who died alive. The project was launched by the South African Depression and Anxiety Group (Sadag), Section27 and the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC). South African author and filmmaker, Harriet Perlman said that the online memorial and advocacy project would be a constant reminder to the families who lost their loved ones. ....
Health activists launched an online memorial and advocacy project on Thursday to keep alive the memory of the over 100 people with mental health problems who died due to the negligence of the Gauteng Department of Health after they were removed from Life Esidimeni centres in 2016. Bereaved family members joined the launch with SECTION27, the South African Human Rights Commission, and the South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG). The online platform offers links to helplines and counselling services which offer referrals, information and support. “We also want to empower people, whether it’s patients or family members, on how to report complaints or to report mental health issues, which is one of the biggest lessons to come out of Life Esidimeni,” said Cassey Chambers from SADAG. “We can work together towards fixing our mental health system and prevent another Life Esidimeni tragedy from happening again.” ....
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An inquest into the Life Esidimeni tragedy will start in July 20 May 2021 Five years after the Life Esidimeni tragedy, when 144 people died under disturbing circumstances, families of the victims are still angry, in despair and traumatised by how their loved ones died while in the care of government funded facilities. (Photo by Alet Pretorius/Gallo Images/Getty Images) Five years after the Life Esidimeni tragedy, when 144 people died under disturbing circumstances, families of the victims are still angry, in despair and traumatised by how their loved ones died while in the care of government funded facilities. On 19 July, a formal inquest into the disaster will start in the high court in Pretoria, before Judge Mmonoa Teffo. ....