Hospice patients in limbo as Nazareth House shuts its Joburg doors

01 April 2019 - 08:00 By BELINDA PHETO
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Nazareth House in Yeoville shut its hospice doors at the end of March.
End of the road Nazareth House in Yeoville shut its hospice doors at the end of March.
Image: Belinda Pheto

The future is uncertain for 20 hospice patients at the Catholic Church-owned Nazareth House care centre in Yeoville, Johannesburg, who received a notice three weeks ago that its doors would shut at the end of March.

Nazareth House officials have blamed the Gauteng government, saying it had cut its funding by 80%, but the province has denied this.

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