My name is Antony Savarimuthu. I was a leprosy patient. But now, if you see only my face and hands, you cannot make out that I was once affected by leprosy. I am very much thankful to St. Luke’s Leprosarium, which has brought new hope in my life. I am from a poor family. My […]
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While Eeswari was still in her mother’s womb, Eeswari’s father deserted her mother. A few years later she died. When Eeswari was ten years old, some patches appeared on her hands. There was practically none to care for this motherless child and none to take her to a doctor. After a few years, the leprosy […]
One day a father from a nearby village brought his 10-year old son to St.Luke’s Leprosarium. The child looked every inch a leper! So far advanced was the disease. He was a textbook picture of a lepromatous leprosy – the infectious type of the disease. The disease must have gone on for years. The doctor […]
I was born in a tiny village in the Tirunelveli District of Tamilnadu. I lost my father when I was hardly six years old. While in the VII Std., some pale patches appeared on my body. They did NOT hurt. Ignorant of the signs and symptoms of leprosy, my mother took me to an indigenous […]
I am Raguram. I am 17 years old. My parents are poor agricultural labourers. At the age of eight, some patches appeared on my body. I told my parents. But due to ignorance, they did not care about it. I developed an ulcer on the right leg due to walking bare-footed. My parents took me […]
My name is Aanandthi. I am 22 years old. My parents are poor agriculture coolies. Some years ago my mother got injured in an accident and badly disabled. My father deserted my mother and married another woman. When I was studying Std. VII a Government leprosy inspector visited our school. He examined me and found […]
Mr Mohammed Yoosuf’s Story Mr. Mohammed Yoosuf belongs to Paththamadai in Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu. Paththamadai is famous throughout India for mat-weaving. His wife Seyad Ali Fathima helps her husband in mat-weaving. This couple have no children. Yoosuf’s mother also was affected by leprosy, was treated at St Luke’s Leprosarium and is now cured. When […]
Jesu Raj’s Story Kathy is privileged to know and to have become friends with a young man called Jesu Raj. She first met him in 1999 at St Luke’s Leprosy Hospital in Peikulam, south India. This is his story, told in his own words: “My name is Jesu Raj. When I was 12 years of age a […]