Question NW463 to the Minister of Health

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18 March 2022 - NW463

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Ismail, Ms H to ask the Minister of Health

What is the (a) total number of persons who have committed suicide in (i) 2018, (ii) 2019, (iii) 2020 and (iv) 2021, (b) total number of beds that are available nationally to cater for mentally ill patients and (c) breakdown of (i) suicide and (ii) available beds in each province?

Reply:

a) The Department of Health does not handle nor collect data of persons who have committed suicide. They are handled by the South African Police Service.

b) There are 19 976 beds available nationally to cater for mentally ill patients. This consists of 14 246 beds in public sector and 5 730 in the private sector.

c) (i) The Department of Health does not collect data on persons who have committed suicide.

(ii) Beds available for mentally ill patients in the public and private sector in each province are distributed as follows:

Province

Public Sector

Private Sector

 

Eastern Cape

1 864

1 088

2 952

Free State

920

298

1218

Gauteng

2 547

2 787

5 334

KwaZulu-Natal

3 200

385

3 585

Limpopo

1 492

38

1 530

Mpumalanga

258

0

258

Northern Cape

344

74

418

North West

1 256

186

1 442

Western Cape

2 365

874

3 239

Total

14 246

5 730

19 976

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