Police have found eight more former patients from Life Esidimeni. The patients were listed as missing by the Gauteng Health Department.
Jack Bloom, DA Gauteng Shadow Health MEC, said four of the patients were found at the Thuli Home Centre in Orange Farm and two were found at the San Michele Mental Institution in Kwa-Thema.
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“One patient was taken to an unknown institution according to his nephew, and another was moved by her mother who refuses to say where she is but confirms she is still alive,” said Bloom.
The police have now resolved 13 of the 62 missing person cases that were opened by Bloom last month, including one involving a deceased person under unexplained reasons.
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Bloom said this leaves 49 who still need to be found, 27 of whom do not have ID numbers and seven without full names, making it difficult to trace them.
“The best way to find them would be by publicizing any photographs that are available, but the Gauteng Health Department has puzzlingly not taken this step,” concluded Bloom.
