HEALTHCARE
Compensation for Esidimeni families a hot potato
Determining the costs incurred by families of the victims of the Gauteng Mental Health Marathon Project is proving to be a slippery aspect of the Life Esidimeni arbitration dispute resolution (ADR) process. Designed to provide information, redress and closure to the affected mental healthcare users and their families, the hearings, chaired by retired deputy chief justice Dikgang Moseneke, started on October 9 and are expected to continue until October 27. The parties chose arbitration as the method of resolving the dispute, seeking equitable redress. One term of reference is to provide financial compensation to the families affected but the amount to be paid out per patient remains undetermined.
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