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Month: January 2018

Once a wasteland, today a land where dreams bloom!

In the large compound of TLM Chandkhuri Hospital, in Chhattisgarh, 2.5 acres of land lied waste and vacant for 12 years before Dr Manotosh Elkana, hospital medical superintendent and his team decided to put it to good use.

A landmark initiative for human dignity and equality for people affected by leprosy

‘The Rights of Persons Affected by Leprosy and Members of Their Family (Protection Against Discrimination and Guarantee of Social Welfare) Bill, 2017’, aiming to address the consequences of the deep-rooted stigma associated with leprosy and providing for welfare measures for holistic development of people affected by the disease, introduced in Parliament by Rajya Sabha MP and senior lawyer, KTS Tulsi, on December 29, 2017, is a landmark initiative and will bring human dignity and equality in the lives of people affected by leprosy.