Precious Angels owner admits she should not have taken in 58 psychiatric patients
Ethel Ncube was giving testimony at arbitration hearings about the more than 118 Gauteng health department psychiatric patients who died between June 2016 and February
Ethel Ncube‚ owner of the Precious Angels nongovernmental organisation (NGO) in which 23 mentally ill adults died‚ has finally admitted that she should not have taken 58 adults into her care.She has been giving testimony in the Life Esidimeni arbitration hearings‚ held to give closure to families‚ so they can learn why their loved ones died.Of the more than 118 psychiatric patients who died between June 2016 and February‚ the highest number of people died at Precious Angels.Advocate Nontlantla Yina asked her: "Do you think you should have taken these patients?"Ncube answered: "No. My capacity is children."Ncube runs a daycare facility for disabled and intellectually impaired children‚ as she has a disabled child. She testified that she has no qualification in caring for adults or sick people. She started studying accounting but did not finish‚ and has received a certificate in early childhood education.Yet the Gauteng department of health placed 58 elderly‚ frail and mentally ill pe...
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