The High Court in Pretoria has heard that former Gauteng Health MEC, Qedani Mahlangu, was determined to end the Life Esidimeni contract in order to save the Department millions of rands.
Portrait of family members who lost their loved ones during the relocation of Life Esidimeni patients.Portrait of family members who lost their loved ones during the relocation of Life Esidimeni patients.Qedani Mahlangu, was determined to end the Life Esidimeni contractThis emerged during her cross examination regarding the decision to relocate over 3000 mental health patients from the Life Esidimeni facilities, that was taken jointly with the provincial executive committee.
According to evidence, the closure of the facilities was aimed at saving the department and the provincial government over R300 million.Evidence leader, Adilla Hassim led the cross examination“And the point you’ve made in public, which I would like to repeat, is that we are not going to throw any patients away. If people have shares and personal interests at Life Esidimeni or Life Health Group, it’s not our problem. What we are saving is R300 million that we are spending at Life.
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