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JEwah Cameron, the director of the Allan Memorial Institute in Montreal. Two hundred and fifty three of Cameron's other patients also had their claims rejected. Carried out from 1950 to 1965, Cameron's now-discredited "de-patterning" program of massive electroshock therapy and drug-induced sleep was funded by the CIA and Canada's Health Department. Even though Kastner was an early patient, she was "substantially," if not "fully" de-patterned like the others, and so is entitled to compensation, Justice Michel Beaudry wrote in his nine-page decision. Reached at home in a low-income apartment block in Montreal, Kastner, 70, was unaware of the decision, which was rendered Friday in Ottawa.

"I'm stunned," she said. "Is this a joke?" After some reflection she added: "I'm pleased and I'm numb." In 1953, Kastner was a 19-year-old honours student from a wealthy Montreal family. Suffering from mild depression and anxiety, she was admitted to the Allan Memorial twice for short stays and given electroshock treatments 63 in all. She was also put into comas by being injected with insulin and given different drugs to induce sleep. The goal was to "de-pattern" her brain so she could recover and lead a normal life.

Instead, she wound up a mess. She emerged in a childlike state: sucking her thumb, talking like a baby, demanding to be fed from a bottle, and urinating on the floor. She also suffered memory loss and couldn't recognize members of her own family, not even her twin sister, Zella. With this judgment comes mixed feelings. In 2000, Kastner sued the Allan Memorial for $4.2 million, but lost.

She tried to appeal, but with no success. The federal compensation doesn't nearly equal what she could have won "It begs the question: if I'm awarded now, why was I turned down in my lawsuit?" said Kastner, who lives alone on a guaranteed income supplement of $1,000 a month. Kastner got married in 1955, to an appliance salesman, but he left her 10 years later, leaving her with their son and no rent money. Over the years, she was ostracized by her family, but she and her sister have since reconciled. Now, savouring a bittersweet victory in Federal Court, Kastner wonders how far the new compensation will stretch after her legal fees are paid.

"I have such mixed feelings of anger and satisfaction," Kastner said. "I don't end up with the whole amount. But, nevertheless, it is closure." Montreal Gazette If) LteW ff rSLi 'JTt i. f-igfjSvWmm.