Rights Violations In Mental Health Care

Another right that mentally disabled people are entitled to under the mental health care act is not to be subjected to abuse of any kind (Burns, 2011). This right was violated as there were reports that deceased patients had been victims of abuse and maltreatment which ultimately may have led to their deaths and this was discovered by claims and observations made by family members who went to visit the patients in their new institutions (Makgoba, 2017). This rights violation is also tied to the right to no violence (Burns, 2011) and in terms of the life Esidimeni case as moving and mixing people with different forms of psychosis in crowded facilities can result in violent behaviour that is difficult to control without the proper facilities,
such as “seclusion rooms” (Ramlall, 2012) to keep them away from other patients.