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Indonesian leprosy survivor crafts new limbs for shunned villagers

Indonesian leprosy survivor crafts new limbs for shunned villagers

TANGERANG: When Ali Saga visited a clinic in Jakarta four decades ago, he watched as patients and health workers scrambled to get away from him.“The doctor suddenly shouted at the patients, ‘stand back! this person is a leper!” the 57-year-old said, recalling one of the most devastating moments after his diagnosis in the 1970s.“They also roughly used a syringe to test my skin and I cried. My skin might not feel anything but my soul was hurt,“ the former leprosy patient added, choking back tears.Now he is using his pain to help other residents of a village on the outskirts of the Indonesian capital live a normal life after leprosy with hand-crafted prosthetic limbs.After Brazil and India, Indonesia has the world's third-highest cases of leprosy -- a contagious bacterial disease transmitted by prolonged close contact with untreated cases.Ahead of World Leprosy Day on Sunday, the health ministry said the country still has over 15,000 active cases, with more than 11,000 new cases recorded

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