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The Health Professional Councils Authority (HPCA) has also not yet suspended Dr Barney Selebano, who was then head of the Gauteng health department. Photo: File photo NEWS Five years after the Life Esidimeni catastrophe, which resulted in the deaths of 144 mentally ill state patients, four of those accountable for it have still not been suspended by their professional councils. The formal judicial inquest into the deaths of the patients will begin tomorrow in the Pretoria High Court.

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases of SA (NICD) recently adjusted its research to examine children younger than 19, as has been the international model.

MEC for Health Sindiswa Gomba and Minister of Health Dr Zweli Mkhize after a meeting in Port Elizabeth in April. Picture: Mkhuseli Sizani NEWS The Eastern Cape healthcare system has collapsed, say doctors and healthcare workers who are employed in the province.