Mental Health Archives - News@Media https://news.media.co.za/category/all/health/mental-health/ Latest News & Press Releases Thu, 15 Sep 2016 06:05:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://news.media.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/cropped-SA-shines-as-a-prime-conference-destination-32x32.png Mental Health Archives - News@Media https://news.media.co.za/category/all/health/mental-health/ 32 32 Health Ombudsman to investigate allegations of psychiatric patients death https://news.media.co.za/health-ombudsman-to-investigate-allegations-of-psychiatric-patients-death/ Thu, 15 Sep 2016 06:05:57 +0000 http://news.media.co.za/?p=5379 The Minister of Health Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has asked the Office of Health Ombudsman to investigate allegations that 36 psychiatric patients in Gauteng died after transferred from Life Health Care, Esidimeni into care of Non-governmental organizations early this year. The decision to ask the Health Ombudsman to investigate this allegations was taken after a marathon […]

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]]> Global health workforce, finances remain low for mental health https://news.media.co.za/global-health-workforce-finances-remain-low-for-mental-health/ Tue, 14 Jul 2015 09:25:23 +0000 http://news.media.co.za/?p=2563 14 July 2015 | Geneva  – Worldwide, nearly 1 in 10 people have a mental health disorder, but only 1% of the global health workforce is working in mental health. This means, for example, that nearly half of the world’s population lives in a country where there is less than one psychiatrist per 100 000 […]

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