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He is commenting on a
Wellington District Court judgement awarding an additional $35,000
compensation to a former patient at Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital. "Judge Broadmore
has ruled that the Ministry of Health was in breach to withhold $35,000 of
compensation payable to former patient Paul Zentveld. "This judgement
has implications for the other 87 second round claimants in the Lake Alice
case. These claimants all had an average of 30% sliced off their compensation
payments by the Ministry. "Although the
individual settlements were confidential, it seems probable that $35,000 is a
likely figure that each of the claimants is due. The Ministry of Health now
faces having to meet this obligation for the other 87 claimants. "The Lake Alice
affair was an abject disgrace, and this $3 million bungle by the Ministry of
Health is the final insult." Ends |