Another eight missing Esidimeni patients found
Another eight former Life Esidimeni Randfontein patients who were listed as missing have been found.
Another eight former Life Esidimeni Randfontein patients who were listed as missing by the Gauteng Health Department have been found, Jack Bloom MPL, DA Gauteng Shadow Health MEC revealed on Monday (19 February).
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He 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.
One patient, according to his nephew, was taken to an unknown institution and another was moved by her mother who refused to say where she was, but confirmed she was still alive.
The police have now resolved 13 of the 62 missing persons cases that I opened with them last month, including one who is deceased for unexplained reasons.
“This leaves 49 who still need to be found, 27 of whom do not have ID numbers and seven without full names so it will be very difficult to trace them.”
He added the best way to find them would be by publicising any photographs that are available, but for some reason the Gauteng Health Department has not taken this step.
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