- The government did not encourage the sanatorium residents who had been cured to return home, even after Hansen’s disease could be medically treated and cured.
- Further, people continued to show dislike toward those affected by Hansen’s disease, out of ignorance that it is curable.
- As a result there were many who continued to live in the sanatoria, having lost contact with their families and society, even after the segregation law was repealed.
- It cannot be said that people affected by Hansen’s disease and their families are free from social discrimination even today.
- The solution to this social problem rests with each one of us, now that the law stipulating forced segregation has been abolished.
- We ask that you consider how we can realize a society where everyone can live a free, happy life. Let us think together of what we can do.
