Fine Record Of Makogai
p. 21 · Read in the full issue
IT was to the credit of the Makogai (Fiji) leper station that since its establishment, 33 years ago, no nurs ing sister had contracted leprosy, said Mr.
P. J. Twomey, of the Leper Trust Board, Christchurch, in a statement on the station on October 13. It was that achievement, coupled with the large pro portion of cures effected, numbering about one in every four patients, which had made Makogai known as one of the best leper stations in the world.
A “garden fete” was held at Bishop court, Newcastle, in November, to raise funds to rebuild the Buna and Gona Anglican Mission Stations in Papua.