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![Dr Haebus S. Vethabothagam took charge as Medical Superintendent of St Luke’s Leprosarium in December 2009. He is the great-grandson of Dr.Rathnam Vedabodakam, the founder of St.Luke’s Leprosarium and is […]](https://www.neemtreetrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/MedicalSuperintendent-115x115.jpg "Dr Haebus S. Vethabothagam Medical Superintendent St Luke’s Leprosarium Peikulam")
Dr Haebus S. Vethabothagam Medical Superintendent St Luke’s Leprosarium Peikulam
Dr Haebus S. Vethabothagam took charge as Medical Superintendent of St Luke’s Leprosarium in December 2009. He is the great-grandson of Dr.Rathnam Vedabodakam, the founder of St.Luke’s Leprosarium and is […]![By Ruth Dawson It was with very mixed feelings and low expectations that I was returning to India. I knew I really wanted – even needed? – to go, but […]](https://www.neemtreetrust.org.uk/wp-content/themes/neemreetrust/images/thumbnail.png "Finding my indian half")
Finding my indian half
By Ruth Dawson It was with very mixed feelings and low expectations that I was returning to India. I knew I really wanted – even needed? – to go, but […]Colin & Isabel Sharp’s account of Visiting St Luke’s Hospital in Feburary 2007
In February 2007, Colin and I had the privilege of visiting St Luke’s Leprosarium. All the staff we met were endlessly kind and patient. They treated us as ‘honoured guests’ […]Home for the blind
Blindness is an occasional complication of leprosy. The plight of a BLIND leprosy patient is pathetic beyond words. A ‘normal’ blind person manages to grope his way thro’ somehow with […]The story of the birth of the home for healthy children
The year was 1971, Dr.G.M.Jeyabalan, the new Medical Superintendent has just taken over from Dr.Vedabodakam. One day, he was examining a 25 year-old woman suffering from lepromatous leprosy – the […]A special need – a van for health-education
Enlightening health-education has been the sheet anchor of St.Luke’s leprosy-control drive. The health-education van, armed with audio-visual aids, the St.Luke’s Health Education Team visits schools, and colleges especially Teacher-Training Institutes […]The new faculty for hiv-aids patients
India is home to the second highest number of HIV-AIDS patients in the World. In the opinion of some experts, India, home to one sixth of the world’s population is […]The unexpected challenge confronting St.Luke’s Leprosarium, Peikulam
The Indian Government has claimed that leprosy has been eliminated from India. This gives the impression that leprosy has been eradicated from India. Later, by way of clarification the Government […]Dr Jeyablan, Medical Superintendent of St Luke’s 1967-2008
Every year the Paul Harrison Award is bestowed upon an alumnus of Christian Medical College, Vellore who has made an outstanding contribution to the health and welfare of people in […]