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The Medical Council of New Zealand has apologised to survivors of Lake Alice in the wake of the Royal Commission into abuse in state care's findings. The inquiry released its 3000-page final ...
3 days ago · For the first time, the Government is formally acknowledging some children and young people at Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital experienced torture.
3 days ago · The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care began probing into state and faith-based care of children, young people, and vulnerable adults over five years ago.
Lake Alice Hospital was a rural psychiatric facility in Lake Alice, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand.It was opened in August 1950, and had a maximum security unit. Like many New Zealand psychiatric hospitals, Lake Alice was largely self-sufficient, with its own farm, workshop, bakery, laundry, and fire station.It also had swimming pools, glasshouses, and vegetable gardens.
Jul 2, 2021 · More than 40 years after children were sent to Lake Alice psychiatric hospital near Whanganui, their stories of torture have finally been heard.
Aug 7, 2023 · ‘The story of the Lake Alice Child and Adolescent unit is a shameful chapter in the history of Aotearoa New Zealand, which must be faced head-on without excuses or explanations, but with a determination to accept the injustice, make proper amends and ensure this tragedy never happens again’ (p. 27, Abuse in Care–Royal Commission of Inquiry, 2022). In Aotearoa, New Zealand, a Royal Commission of Inquiry is underway, investigating abuses that occurred in State and faith-based care ...
3 days ago · For the first time, the Government is formally acknowledging some children and young people at Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital experienced torture. The final report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in State and Faith-based Care “Whanaketia – through pain and trauma, from darkness to ...
Feb 20, 2024 · Torture and sexual, physical, emotional and psychological abuse of over 100 survivors of the adolescent unit of Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital in the 1970s was spelt out in a nearly 500-page report.
Jul 2, 2021 · More than 300 children went through the child and adolescent unit between 1972 and 1978. McRae says many gave written testimonies and about 20 survivors spoke at the inquiry.
Feb 20, 2024 · A warning - some of the details in this story are harrowing and could upset some readers. Lake Alice survivors have rejected today's apology from the Royal Australia New Zealand College of ...
