Most of the patients who were recently found were at new addresses or were re-admitted to special mental health facilities.
were still missing, the Gauteng health department has reportedly tracked down five of them, bringing the number of missing patients down to 16.
The number dropped to 45 in February 2018, and then to 21 by November 2018. The patients were excluded from the 144 that died after they were handed over to unqualified non-governmental organisations by the department under former MEC Qedani Mahlangu.According to Gauteng health MEC Gwen Ramokgopa, most of the patients who were recently found were at new addresses where they had moved with their families. Others were re-admitted to special mental health facilities.
Ramokgopa went on to add that she had personally visited some of the users and their families and some were not aware that there were discrepancies in either name, addresses or even a lack of identity numbers on the records of Life Esidimeni given to the department.
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