More than 36 psychiatric patients may have died – Section 27

16 September 2016 - 19:20
By Nomahlubi Jordaan

The number of mental healthcare patients who died at various Gauteng centres may be much higher than the reported 36‚ says civil rights group Section 27.Urgent action must be taken to protect mental healthcare patients who are “forced into dangerous conditions”‚ the organisation said in a statement on Friday.

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