MSSI awarded $1.5M contract for nursing services Oct 15, 2006
and the Gillis Long Hansen Disease Treatment Facility in Carville, La. Those two facilities treat individuals with Hansen's disease, formerly known as leprosy. (Washington Business Journal, DC)
2ND LD: State appeals redress order over leprosy segregation in Taiwan Nov 8, 2005
Under Japan's Hansen Disease compensation law, enforced in June 2001, people who were isolated at leprosariums in Japan became eligible for compensation from the Japanese government, regardless of nationality, when they were sent to the institutions, and where they live now ... During a press conference, Kawasaki reiterated the state's view that "the current Hansen Disease compensation law does not apply to those who were at leprosariums outside the country.". (Kyodo, Japan)
Gov't to appeal ruling on compensation for leprosy sufferers Nov 5, 2005
In the ruling on the South Korean's suit, the district court said that people segregated in sanatoriums overseas were not eligible to compensation under the Hansen Disease compensation law. ADVERTISEMENT. (Kyodo, Japan)
S. Korean leprosy sufferers appeal district court ruling Oct 26, 2005
They filed the suits last year after the Japanese government rejected their compensation requests in line with the Hansen Disease compensation law, which was enforced in 2001. The law does not clearly say if it covers leprosy sufferers isolated at sanatoriums in regions that were once under Japanese colonial rule, allowing the two panels to issue different rulings, experts pointed out. (Kyodo, Japan)
Ex-Taiwan leprosy patients win suit Oct 26, 2005
Under Japan's Hansen disease compensation law, people who were isolated at state-operated leprosariums in Japan became eligible to receive compensation from the Japanese government regardless of nationality, when they were sent to the institutions and where they live now ... Meanwhile, Judge Toshihiko Tsuruoka, who presided over the South Korean case, said, "It was not recognized that people segregated in sanatoriums located overseas are subject to compensation under the Hansen Disease... (Japan Today, Japan)
