MAKOGAI
100 LEPER PATIENTS DISCHARGED AS CURED Mr P. J. Twomey, Secretary of the Lepers’ Trust Board Incorporated, has returned from a 10 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 3 Medical Practitioners, and these are now awaiting transport from the Island. Mr Towmey had the pleasure of meeting some of these expatients during his stay there. He also visited Tonga and Samoa in the interests of leper work.
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 66, Issue 5598, 29 March 1943, Page 2
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161MAKOGAI Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 66, Issue 5598, 29 March 1943, Page 2
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