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Mortality of mentally handicapped patients after mass inter-hospital relocation
1Lentegeur Care and Rehabilitation Centre, Lentegeur Hospital, Department of Health Services and Welfare, Mitchell's Plain, CP.
Abstract:
In September 1987 847 mentally handicapped patients were moved from A.J. Stals Care and Rehabilitation Centre to Lentegeur Hospital. A study of the death rates of patients for 4 years before the move and 18 months afterwards showed a rise in the death rate in the 6-month interval after the move.