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According to Wikipedia, Lake Alice Hospital was a rural psychiatric facility in Lake Alice, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand. It opened in August, 1950, and closed its doors finally in October 1999.
Also from Wikipedia:
“Former patients of the hospital’s child and adolescent unit made allegations that abuse took place there during the 1970s, including the use of electroconvulsive therapy and paraldehyde injections as punishment.
[4] The New Zealand government issued a written apology in 2001, and has paid out a total of NZ$10.7 million in compensation to 183 former patients.”
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One of the references in the Wiki article was to Murphy, Padraic (11 July 2003) “Probe on shock doctor claims”, published in The Age, a Melbourne-based online news site. Here are some quotes: