.com | UN highlights bad planning in deaths of 37 mental patients:
United Nations human rights experts have called for the establishment of a “clear and sustainable” deinstitutionalisation policy and plan of action following the deaths of 37 patients after they were transferred out of a South African government psychiatric facility earlier this year. This should include, “a plan of action with timelines and benchmarks, the redistribution of public funds from institutions to community services, and the development of adequate housing and community support for persons with disabilities, such as housing assistance, home and family support, and respite care”.
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