Nagashima Aiseien

Japanese: 長島愛生園 - ながしまあいせいえん
Nagashima Aiseien
Japan's first national leprosy sanatorium. Completed in 1930 (Showa 5) in Nagashima, Okayama Prefecture. The initial capacity was 400, and the first 85 patients transferred from Tama Zenshoen were accommodated there the following year. In 1936, a patient who could no longer endure the poor treatment and attempted to escape was imprisoned, which led to the Nagashima Incident, in which patients demanded improved treatment and the establishment of patient self-governance. The history of Aiseien is said to epitomize the history of leprosy countermeasures in Japan. Leprosy treatment has made remarkable progress today, and it is said that more than 95% of the approximately 5,400 patients living in 13 national sanatoriums across the country have been cured, but it is not easy for them to return to society, and 668 patients are still housed at Aiseien (as of January 1997).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
日本で最初の国立のハンセン病(癩(らい))療養所。1930年(昭和5)岡山県長島に竣工。当初の収容定員は400人で翌31年多磨全生園から転園した85人を収容したのがはじめである。36年,劣悪な待遇に耐えきれず逃亡をはかった患者を監禁したことに端を発して,患者が待遇改善や患者自治の確立などを要求した長島事件が起きているが,愛生園のあゆみは日本の癩病対策の歴史を凝集したものともいわれる。ハンセン病の治療は今日では著しく進歩し,全国13ヵ所の国立療養所に生活している約5400人の患者の9割5分以上は治癒しているといわれるが,社会復帰は容易でなく,愛生園にもなお668人が収容されている(1997年1月現在)。

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