Allegations of Neglect: Better Provision: Cures Effected Manila, Dec. 28.
The thousands of Filipinos suffering from leprosy are to be given more attention, particularly more treatment and more food. Dr. H. W. Wade, of the faculty of the College of Medicine, University of the Philippines, who recently spent some time at the Cullen Leper Colony, where 5,000 persons suttering from the disease in all its stages are kept almost as prisoners, has! prepared a report for the governor general in which he recommends radical reforms.
Until very recently the lepers were considered to be victims of an incurable disease and the only} energy spent on them was devoted to segregating them from the other people of the islands, but now the authorities are awake to the fact this disease is curable and official concern is beginning to be shown for the sufferers themselves. The reforms recommended are: More doctors, more nurses, better feeding, better hospital facilities, treatment for more of the sufferers and a full realization that they are human beings.
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