94 persons with mental health problems in ‘care’ die in irregular centers sparking criticism of a deadly health care system A government report estimates that at least 94 patients with mental health problems died in South Africa of dehydration, diarrhoea and pneumonia after a cost-cutting exercise that saw patients moved to unlicenced and unequipped profit-seeking ‘facilities’compared […]
Commitments in South African Disability Rights Summit
The Disability Rights Summit entitled ‘Unified in Disability, Together Advancing People’s Power’ concluded on March 12. Hosted by the Department of Social Development in Pretoria, the summit set off with ambitious directions and concluded with bold statements. The stated objective was the analysis and conversion of the White Paper on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities into […]