Parents beg mental health facility staff to return to work and care for disabled after salaries not paid

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Workers who care for 84 profoundly disabled people at Durban and Coastal Mental Health’s Jona Vaughan residential facility are back at work after the parents' association “begged them” and raised money for their transport costs.

Maas said the association and guardians of the carers had earlier written to DCMH and the provincial department of health warning that the staff would walk out if they were not paid.She said the workers were also in tears. They had no money to feed their own families or pay school fees.

Board chair Sthandiwe Mkhize told TimesLIVE: “I've been reaching out to the department for renewed service-level agreements. I'm still awaiting a response. “Without the financial support of the department, it becomes an impossible task to look after residents. He declined to answer questions about the salaries earned by senior management and if they had taken a pay cut.

 

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