Dikgang Moseneke says state’s proposition that ‘suffering of the deceased is irrelavant’ is startling
The state wants the Life Esidimeni arbitration hearing to disregard the torture suffered by deceased psychiatric patients when awarding compensation to aggrieved families. The state and Section 27‚ which represents 74 families‚ agreed on R200‚000 to compensate relatives for emotional shock and funeral costs. However‚ the families also want to be compensated for constitutional damages‚ which the state has disputed. Advocate Tebogo Hutamo‚ in submitting closing arguments on behalf of the state during the hearings on Friday‚ said evidence in relation to how patients were tortured and starved to death was irrelevant.
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