Kishori’s Story

“Wisdom in the mind, shoulder responsibility, and the honest heart – these three things I have learned and adopted in my life from the facilitator training I received at Lalgadh Leprosy Services Centre” says Kishori, a 45 years old leprosy affected man who lives in a small village called Kisanpur in Dhanusha district in south-eastern…

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Mr Donald Sammut FRCS

Mr Donald Sammut is a consultant hand surgeon working in the UK who has visited Lalgadh several times and was there again in November 2016 to give training to our two surgeon Dr Krishna and his medical team. Donald has provided much new equipment to the team and has raised funds for this equipment. His…

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Dr Graeme and Meena Clugston

Dr Graeme and his Nepali wife Meena came to Lalgadh in 2007 to help consolidate the medical services, and develop future services. Graeme was born in Australia but has worked in Nepal and Switzerland, and has homes in England and Switzerland. Graeme worked in the WHO for many years, based in Switzerland, and so brings…

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Four & a Half Kids with leprosy

Here is a glimpse of the stories of 4½ kids with leprosy, treated in Lalgadh Leprosy Hospital earlier in 2011, as told by Dr Graeme Clugston, who works at Lalgadh. Why 4½ kids? Ajay is the “half kid”, a happy bubbly little 4-year old who hasn’t actually got leprosy himself…. but his Mum (Sabari) has,…

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Indra Kala – Shut Away for 12 Years

Indra Kala first had signs of leprosy when she was a child, and by the age of 12 could feel tingling in her hands and feet and was losing the sense of feeling in them. The family did not consult a doctor even though her father was leprosy affected before he died some years before.…

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