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Indonesian leprosy survivor sculpts artificial limbs to try and help villagers with the illness | South China Morning Post

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Ali Saga still vividly recalls the day four decades ago when people in a clinic in Jakarta ran away from him after a doctor shouted, “This person is a leper!” Motivated by his years being treated as an outcast after he was diagnosed with leprosy in the 1970s, the 57-year-old has found a way to help others. On Januar…

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