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Appeal to UN：
Save Lo-sheng Sanatorium！
IDEA Taiwan
Appeal to UN：
Save Lo-sheng Sanatorium！
IDEA Taiwan
On Monday, 2 August, the Advisory Committee will discuss revised draft guidelines to prevent discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members. And will to be submitted to the Council at its fifteenth session in September 2010. At the same time, the 34th session of the World Heritage Committee meeting in Brasilia was 2 August finished, its consideration of nominations for the World Heritage List and the List of World Heritage in Danger also attract focus over the world.
These news really attract the view sight form the persons who were affected by leprosy, also called Hansen’s Diseases, because some NGOs from Japan, US, Norway, Malaysia, Korea, etc had a workshop last year in Taiwan to concentrate” the destroys and evictions of Lo-sheng” and talking about “the possibility” the nominations of Transnational World Heritage for global leprosy historical sites to prevent the evictions continuing happen all over world.
Recently, Losheng is in emergency again and today wish to appeal to UN and international to note the discrimination from Taiwan government and note Losheng have 80 years this year but maybe will disappear forever in this year
Resisting Closure of LoSheng
It’s famous of the ”Resisting Closure of Lo-Sheng sanatorium (樂生院)” which was reported by Lee Ten-Pei(李添培), the president of IDEA Taiwan, in the 17th world leprosy congress 2008 in India। The Resist was from 2004 to now for sixes years by the residents of Lo-Sheng and attracted many helps from Taiwan civil society and international helps from Japan, Korea, India, Malaysia and US, especially from NIPPON FUNDATION,COHRE and IDEA International।
Lo-Sheng sanatorium was first established for leprosy in Taiwan in1930 by Japanese colonial government। After WWII, for a long time, people here also had experienced been deprived our freedom, dignity, health rights, families, homeland, chance for occupation or education, and everything। And also had suffered by violations of human rights, including forcible labor, prohibition of marriage in early days, forcible sterilization, forcible abortion, forced to enroll clinical trials, serious medical malpractice and etc, now there are about 230 persons here।
Please note the discrimination from Medical staff In 2006, the people who were segregated by Japan colonial period in losheng of Taiwan and Sorok Island of South Korea, they got win judgment for Human rights violations in past Then residents of Losheng and, IDEA Taiwan start drafted” Hansen’s Diseases human rights protection and Compensation Ordinance” which included: A formal apologize from the government , Compensations for Housing rights and no Evictions, Lifetime health caring for all the survivors, Preserving the sanatorium as a national memorial Monuments
This Ordinance till to18 July 2008 finally been passed in Legislated Yan in Taiwan, but been cut out the main bill of Housing rights no Evictions and the Preserving the sanatorium as a national memorial Monuments It was proved that government just wants give some money and evict the resident to leave Losheng to let MRT go through.
Recently, the quality of medical care is more and more worsening। Most ex-patients got just a few Compensations but the Department of Health think they can fail to implement a nursing care responsibility.
Last week, there is one elder man who once attended International Litigation in Japan in 2005, but he killed himself because he have pay out all his Compensations to the nursing care fees in 3 It was said by the ex-patients that The Dean of losheng seem wish to save money of the hospital to neglect the health rights of the elder and other ex-patients , for a long time ex-patients must pay care fees by themselves because some of them have got double compensations from Japan and Taiwan. 
The another case happened with Mr. Lu, the Vice President of ex-patients organization. Mr. lu got early stages of cancer two months ago but the hospital staff claimed he is in terminal cancer and tell his families already start gave him palliative care and let him become more serious, in finally his families discovered the misstatementsLo-Sheng is in emergency again
Regardless of the Public opinions wish to save Lo-sheng Sanatorium, the Taiwan government continued to built MRT contracture and dug the hillside, where already had Experts warn it located on a fault earthquake Shear rupture zone. Dug the hillside will attract chain reactions.
which happened in the historical area the elders are living inside. Until now, although the CCA(Council for Cultural Affairs )has recognized the World Heritage value last year, the MRT company seem don't care the residents and the historical sites. The residents there are worrying that maybe they will face eviction again soon.The leprosy historical sites ‘meets’ UNESCO criteria
Nishimura Yukio, former vice president of International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) said that Lo-Sheng and all the Hansen’s Disease historical sites in the world maybe ‘meets’ UNESCO criteria (ii)(iii)(iv)(v) associative value : While the sanatorium is not a ‘masterpiece of creative genius’ nor a ‘testimony to a cultural tradition,’ it does have other valuable traits, such as universal values, and special medical items, also match with human rights and the development of civilization and multiple complex projects. he suggested that” International organizations can refer to these values from the depth exposition and promotion.
Appeal to international:Save Lo-sheng Sanatorium！
Now, Losheng is really in emergency and wish appeal to the international Concern :
"Please help us appeal to Taiwan authorities to stop building the MRT structure””It is not help for "Public Benefit" but a "Big Lie" just help for politicians and the consortium
Losheng हवे हद 80 years this year but maybe it will be the last year and disappear forever！ Please help us to save Losheng even consider promoting transnational World heritage for all the leprosy historical sites to stop evictions any more. Please give the “Dignity” to all the elders.
The Youths alliance wish appeal to the Taiwan authorities” the elders were Sacrifice for Public health in the past. Now, don’t Sacrifice and abandon the elders again. Let them get good nursing care in their last years
