Masego Home insists it took good care of people at the facility
The care facility in Krugersdorp received 63 patients from the Life Esidimeni facility, and seven of them died
Owners of the Masego Home in Krugersdorp‚ where seven psychiatric patients moved from the Life Esidimeni home died‚ still insist that they took care of the people who were at the facility. They also maintain that the report of the health ombud, Malegapuru Makgoba, into the tragedy is not a true reflection of what happened. DA members of the Gauteng provincial legislature Jack Bloom and Neil Campbell visited the home on Thursday to inspect conditions. They arrived as the Mental Health Review Board was also visiting the home. There were also officials from the provincial health directorate‚ who were part of a meeting at which management of the home explained what actually happened there. Masego Home received 63 patients from Life Esidimeni during the project in which the Gauteng department moved patients to different facilities citing costs. At Masego Home‚ seven patients died just a few months after they arrived at the facility. The directors — Dr Dorothy Sekhukhune and Mmaletsatsi M...
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