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Hawaii Still Has a Leprosy Colony

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The patients remain sequestered at Kalaupapa on the island of Molokai. When they die, the plan is to erect a monument to the 8,000 leprosy patients who once lived there.

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Published Aug. 30 2015 12:01AM EDT

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Nina Strochlic

Nina Strochlic

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