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Allegations of Abuse
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The Ministry of Health is to
appeal against a court ruling that it must increase compensation to a former Lake
Alice psychiatric hospital patient by more than $34,000. The ministry said yesterday that
there was an error of law in the Wellington District Court ruling on the case
brought by Paul Zentveld that his compensation be restored to nearly
$115,000. The ministry had sliced 30 per
cent off the original amount because it had appointed a lawyer to help Mr
Zentveld and other claimants. Earlier claimants had to pay for legal
representation.
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