'Nearly 100 mentally ill patients died in SA health fiasco'

At least 94 mentally ill patients died after South African authorities last year moved them from hospital to unlicensed health facilities that were compared to "concentration camps", a government investigation revealed today.
Many of the deaths were due to dehydration and diarrhoea, as the patients were hurriedly shifted to 27 "poorly-prepared" facilities in a cost-cutting measure, the probe showed.