Leper Patients Cured
Mr P.. J. Twomey, secretary of the Lepers’ Trust Board Incorporated, has retyjpned from a ten days’ visit to the Makogai Leper Station, Fiji, where he made a detailed inspection of the various departments and hospitals on the island. He also mixed among the patients and interviewed them. This leprosarium is considered by some authorities to be one of the best, if not the best, leper station in the world. The number of cures is increasing. In 1942, 41 patients were discharged as cured and sent back to their homes. In February last, another 45 cases were released. In addition to the above, 14 more cures have been passed by a medical board composed of three medical practitioners, and these are now awaiting transport from the island. Mr Twomey had the pleasure of meeting some of these ex-patients during h;s stay there. He a: so visited Tonga and Samoa in the interests of leper work.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 3246, 31 March 1943, Page 5
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158Leper Patients Cured Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 3246, 31 March 1943, Page 5
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