Description:
?PEOPLE are afraid of us; when I go into town they give me a dirty look,” says U Mg Mg Khin, 73, a leprosy patient at the Mayanchaung Welfare Centre, Halegu township, in Yangon Division. ?I have to hide my hands and legs whenever I go into town.”
The centre, which is about 80 kilometres (50 miles) from Yangon and located close to the Yangon-Naypyitaw highway, operates under the Department of Social Welfare and currently houses 56 former leprosy patients.
Source/publisher:
Myanmar Times
Date of Publication:
2010-08-22
Date of entry:
2010-11-02
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Language:
English