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Discussions by dietmen, officials of the Ministry of Welfare and directors of leprosariums and representatives of leprosy patients agreed on the necessity of a prison. Matsuki Miyazaki, the director of Kikuchi Keifuen Sanatorium wrote that it was decided to build a prison at Kikuchi by majority decision of directors. The Kikuchi Medical Prison ...
1938: Special prison "Juukanbou" Kusatsu Special Prison, was built within the sanatorium. 1941: St.Barnaba Hospital was closed. 44 patients were transferred to Kusatsu Rakusen-en. 1947: The cruel condition of the special prison was spotlighted. The director was suspended from office. April 1996: The 1953 Leprosy Prevention Law was abolished.
Leprosy has historically been associated with social stigma, which continues to be a barrier to self-reporting and early treatment. [4] Leprosy is classified as a neglected tropical disease. [21] World Leprosy Day was started in 1954 to draw awareness to those affected by leprosy. [22] [4] The study of leprosy and its treatment is known as ...
Mamoru Uchida (内田守 1900–1982) was an ophthalmologist who worked for leprosy patients at Kyushu Sanatorium (Kikuchi Keifuen Sanatorium), Nagashima Aiseien Sanatorium, and Matsuoka Hoyoen Sanatorium. He taught leprosy patients "Tanka", in these sanatoriums. Later, he studied social welfare as professor at Kumamoto Junior College.
Apr 1996: The 1953 Leprosy Prevention Law was abolished and residents (ex-patients) have been encouraged to leave the sanatorium. Jul 1998: The trial for compensation started. May 11, 2001: The trial for compensation ruled that the previous Leprosy Prevention laws were unconstitutional.
Forced Hospitalization at Honmyōji, also called the Honmyōji incident, was the forced hospitalization of leprosy patients living near Honmyō-ji Temple, in the western suburbs of Kumamoto, Japan on July 9, 1940. It is regarded as an incident related to the "No Leprosy Patients in Our Prefecture Movement".
During World War II, the Japanese army admitted a significant number of new leprosy patients to the sanatorium, resulting in overcrowding, food shortages, and poor living conditions. In April 1945, as the Battle of Okinawa began, the director of the sanatorium allowed patients to leave to avoid the battle. By the end of April, the sanatorium ...
Mar 1931: 81 patients went to National Sanatorium Nagashima Aiseien following Kensuke Mitsuda in order to make it an ideal sanatorium. Feb 1936: Tamio Hōjō's "The first night of life" [1] was published in Bungakukai, and became a milestone of leprosy literature by the recommendation of Yasunari Kawabata who won the Nobel Prize for Literature ...