Reports alleging that psychiatric patients are currently being shoved into any available room or corner in the Helen Joseph Hospital in Johannesburg, and have to wait for up to seven days for treatment are extremely alarming. This dire situation is the result of the fact that the Charlotte Maxeke Hospital, which was closed a year ago and was supposed to re-open on 14 March 2022, to alleviate the pressure on other hospitals in the vicinity, will not re-open as planned. The theft of electrical cables and electric breaker boards from the hospital ruined the planned re-opening. At present, the hea…
