Families' Esidimeni pain
The Citizen|July 10, 2024
GRIEVING: LOVED ONES OF VICTIMS RELIVE TRAGEDY OF 144 DEATHS
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Families' Esidimeni pain

Release of inquest findings will still leave many of them seeking answers.

The findings of the Life Esidimeni inquest will be released today and the families of the 144 victims will have to relive the details of the health care tragedy.

They are seeking justice for their loved ones who died in psychiatric facilities in Gauteng in 2016.

The inquest report is expected to provide a thorough examination of the failures that led to the tragedy.

The report, expected to be delivered by the High Court in Pretoria, will determine if former health MEC Qedani Mahlangu and other officials were liable for the deaths.

Christine Nxumalo's sister Virginia Machpelah died in August 2016. She recalled the months between January 2016 - when the health department announced plans to close the facility and June when the family heard that her sister had been moved.

"At first, we didn't know what had happened. We didn't even know where she went for weeks and there was no help from the department.

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