Mahlangu should be held accountable for the deaths of 94 mentally ill patients
BRUCE'S LIST: The ‘94’: was it criminal neglect or dolus eventualis?
The chickens should be coming home to roost for the former health MEC Qedani Mahlangu and government in general
Bruce’s List: A guide to informed reads.When I heard that former Gauteng health MEC Qedani Mahlangu had resigned after seeing the health ombudsman’s damning report on the lives lost in an operation Mahlangu headed to transfer mentally ill patients out of full-care institutions into nonexistent “NGOs” (they were little more than private homes keen on a few bucks from the provincial government) I rather casually tweeted some words in praise of her resignation and, as I have met her once or twice, I said I was “proud” of her. I got taken to task on Twitter and then read the Ombudsman’s report and, boy, do I take it all back. Sure, political resignations are all too rare and should be welcomed when they happen. But the report details the endless amount of times Mahlangu was warned about the result of what she was doing and the endless number of times she lied to families and interest groups. It is sickening. Mentally ill people require experienced and watchful care. Mahlangu was consign...
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