Life Nkanyisa's drug rehabs, formerly known as Life Esidimeni, had capacity for 750 people
Two drug rehabilitation centres run by Life Nkanyisa, a subsidiary of Life Healthcare, have recently closed their doors after the Gauteng Department of Social Development declined to renew its contract.In the first three months of its financial year, fewer than 150 people went through the department's in-patient drug rehabilitation programme, instead of more than 1,300 as planned.
The two centres were previously Life Esidimeni psychiatric facilities funded by the Gauteng Department of Health, which were carelessly shut down by that department in 2015, leading to the deaths of at least 144 people. In March 2016, the facilities were converted into drug rehabilitation centres, funded by the department through its non-profit funding system, and were later rebranded from Life Esidimeni to Life Nkanyisa.
However, the Life Nkanyisa centres were not cleared by the department and the findings against them have still not been made public. Although the department decided to stop funding the Life Nkanyisa centres, in November 2023 it used a similar model to fund a non-profit organisation linked to Clinix Health Group, another private company, for a 119-bed drug rehab. As GroundUp previously reported, that decision was pushed through in the
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