A former Gauteng department of health official said she had to get blankets from a private hospital to make sure mental health patients did not freeze to death.
This was revealed by former Gauteng mental health deputy director Nonceba Sennelo at the Life Esidimeni Inquest on Monday.
“When the MEC [Qedani Mahlangu] went to Precious Angels, it was reported that it had improved and that they even have a professional nurse...we managed to get blankets from one of the private hospitals,” she said.“I'm not sure if the food was also resolved but we never got more reports,” said Sennelo.
Sennelo said the patients are handed over to the clinicians of the NGO or hospital but not to the Department of Health.“The professional staff from Waverly would hand over to patients at the NGO. Life Esidimeni to the facility who comes to fetch the patients,” she said. 'We contacted the district and informed them that these patients were only given seven days of medications..." said Sennelo
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