NLT UK News
Phillip cared for the sick too ……
The nation will be saying goodbye to Prince Phillip this Saturday. He was a man who had a heart for the ‘common man’ and reached out in various ways to try and make their lives better. In 1956, for example, the Queen and Prince Phillip visited Nigeria. Whilst there they visited a Leper colony. They…
Read MoreVitality London 10000 Run – 31st May 2021
The Vitality London 10k run was to take place on Bank Holiday Monday 31st may 2021 in London, but we have just heard that it cannot go ahead. The organisers are looking for an alternative venue and date. NLT has entered runners in the Vitality Run twice so far and have six places to run…
Read MoreLatest newsletter from NLT
We hope you have had a good Easter time. We are all looking forward to a bit more freedom and I expect some of you will be taking a break this coming week. If you have an opportunity to catch up with news, here is the latest NLT newsletter for Spring 2021. NLT UK newsletter…
Read MoreBaby Clinic at Lalgadh Hospital
Every Thursday at Lalgadh Hospital, mothers and babies (and occasionally Father too) come for baby immunisation, antenatal, postnatal check-ups, and ultrasound appointments, They usually have over 30 mother and babies coming for routine BCG, Diptheria-Pertussis- Tetanus -(HepB, HaemophB if available) immunizations. There is a backlog of babies with delayed or without vaccinations, due to the…
Read MoreCentenary of the Penikese Leprosy Colony, Massachusetts 1905 – 1921 ‘the Tragic story of Massachusett’s ‘Leper Colony’
See the full story HERE in the ‘New Bedford Guide’ This is the story of the ‘Leprosy Colony’ set up in 1905 on the island of Penikese. On 15 November 1905 Leprosy Sufferers arrived on Penikese Island (7 miles from the Mainland), in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. Dr. Frank Parker and his wife Marion (who had…
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