Once called 'untouchable', leprosy survivors in India build communities after society shunned them | South China Morning Post

About 80 people live at the Bahar-Aar Sanatorium just outside Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered Kashmir. They are survivors of leprosy, a disease that for many causes physical deformities, poor eyesight and other health problems. Although leprosy is fully curable today, for decades communities arou…

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