Gunma Kusatsu November 15 18:48 at the Hansen's disease sanatorium
On the 15th, when a law for relief of discrimination against the family of former patients with leprosy was enacted, a monument unveiling ceremony was held at a sanatorium for leprosy in Kusatsu Town, Gunma Prefecture to appeal to the realization of a society without discrimination. It was.
At the Kuryu Rakusenen, a sanatorium for leprosy in Kusatsu, a unveiling ceremony was held for a monument called “Human Rights Monument” that appealed to the realization of a society free from discrimination and prejudice.
The monument built by soliciting donations from the general public engraves the history of former patients with Hansen's disease losing their name, family, and hometown due to national policies. I wish for the illness ".
In addition, it was considered to engrave the name of the former patient who had died in a sanatorium on the back of the stone monument, but only the number of people who died because of discrimination and prejudice is still engraved, `` someday that Hope to engrave your name. "
Former patient Sanshiro Fujita (93), who serves as the chairman of the self-governing center of the sanatorium, said, “I entered the sanatorium and hit the 75th year. “I ’m really happy and I ca n’t say it. I want to expand my understanding of leprosy through this monument.”