Motsoaledi vows action after hospital patient deaths - Juta MedicalBrief

Motsoaledi vows action after hospital patient deaths - Juta MedicalBrief

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has lashed out at “inhumane” treatment that led to a psychiatric patient’s death, saying conduct exposed in a recent scathing report by the Health Ombud “had nothing to do with infrastructure or resource constraints”, reports the Cape Argus. The findings by Health Ombudsman Professor Taole Mokoena into two patient deaths in Gauteng had exposed serious lapses in care, governance and patient safety in both public a…