Uncovering the Truth
It all started back in 1997 when a ex patient's brother said to him we need to do something about the terrible things that happened to you in that place. The brother who is a lawyer realized how big of a case he had so he contacted Grant Cameron. There is talk that money was exchanged and Grant brought the case off the brother, the brother knowing its value etc, but I can not be sure of this.
To sum things up in 2001 Helen Clark the then Prime minister apologised, sending a letter to the past patients to say 'sorry'. I must say the letter is pretty pathetic. This was followed by compensation.
Who received payouts? Out of about 300, 150 did. These where ONLY people who where in the adolescent unit during the dates of 1970- 1978, the unit closed in 1978. not all ex patients wanted to be involved in the court case therefore have not received any money.
This is not to say that other patients in Lake Alice during those dates did not receive ECT or where sexually abused. It is very hypocritical of the NZ government to pay out money to patients for a medical treatment that is still practiced today and causes serious long term damage to the muscles and brain while also burns the tissue, that's just to name a few side affects. Guess they don't think so huh!
The government said they first put aside $100 Million for the Lake Alice compensation. when the lawyer Grant Cameron decided to do a out of court settlement with the government this meant the patients would receive less money and lawyers would still cash in large.
Compensation
Patients received different payout amounts. This could have been due to the more time you spent in the hospital or perhaps abuse you where subjected to.
Grant Cameron made over $2 Million for his 'effort' not bad considering he settled out of court so he could get the better deal.
One patient paid fee's of ($52,000) to Grant Cameron and only walked away with ($77,000) thats almost half of his $131,000 compensation in fees!
To sum things up in 2001 Helen Clark the then Prime minister apologised, sending a letter to the past patients to say 'sorry'. I must say the letter is pretty pathetic. This was followed by compensation.
Who received payouts? Out of about 300, 150 did. These where ONLY people who where in the adolescent unit during the dates of 1970- 1978, the unit closed in 1978. not all ex patients wanted to be involved in the court case therefore have not received any money.
This is not to say that other patients in Lake Alice during those dates did not receive ECT or where sexually abused. It is very hypocritical of the NZ government to pay out money to patients for a medical treatment that is still practiced today and causes serious long term damage to the muscles and brain while also burns the tissue, that's just to name a few side affects. Guess they don't think so huh!
The government said they first put aside $100 Million for the Lake Alice compensation. when the lawyer Grant Cameron decided to do a out of court settlement with the government this meant the patients would receive less money and lawyers would still cash in large.
Compensation
Patients received different payout amounts. This could have been due to the more time you spent in the hospital or perhaps abuse you where subjected to.
Grant Cameron made over $2 Million for his 'effort' not bad considering he settled out of court so he could get the better deal.
One patient paid fee's of ($52,000) to Grant Cameron and only walked away with ($77,000) thats almost half of his $131,000 compensation in fees!
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