By Thapelo Molefe
The Office of the Health Ombud has found that serious negligence, unethical conduct and systemic failures in both public and private healthcare contributed directly to the deaths of a psychiatric patient and a newborn baby.
“These reports concern tragic loss of life,” Health Ombud Professor Taole Mokoena said on Monday, while releasing reports into the deaths.
“There are families who continue to live with grief, seeking answers, accountability, and reassurance that our health system is committed to improvement.”
The first report focuses on the death of 35 year old psychiatric patient Lerato Mohlamme at Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital, in Ga-Rankuwa, north of Pretoria.
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Mohlamme died on 24 June 2024 after a fire broke out in a seclusion room where she had been placed.
The ombud found that despite being in what was meant to be
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