Sanatorium
A sanatorium is an institution where people suffering from physical or mental problems can go for treatment and recuperation. Often, the natural resources of the area in which a sanatorium ...
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More than 3,000 students and activists marched in Taipei on Sunday to protest a government plan to evict dozens of aging leprosy sufferers and demolish their sanatorium to make way for a new subway...
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Taipei (dpa) - Some 100 Taiwanese planned to rally in front of the
United Nations headquarters in New York Wednesday to pressure the
Taiwan government to drop plans to destr...
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Yasuji Hirasawa is longing to return to his home in Ibaraki
Prefecture and see his parents' grave, but it is an impossible dream
for the 80-year-old former leprosy patient.
''My siblings w...
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A radio documentary produced by a private senior high school
broadcasting club prompted the Imperial Household Agency, more than a
decade ago, to change its long-standing rules for its annual...
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Diego Maradona was admitted with strong abdominal pains to a public hospital intensive care unit Friday and then transferred to a private clinic where he was listed in stable condition.Doctors at L...
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Diego Maradona showed signs of improvement Monday, four days after being hospitalized for abdominal pains, though doctors said some lab tests came back with abnormal results.A brief statement issue...
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Diego Maradona was transferred Saturday to a private psychiatric clinic where he is to undergo treatment for alcohol addiction after being hospitalized twice in less than a month.Alfredo Cahe, pers...
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Doctors reported progress Friday in treating Diego Maradona for alcohol abuse and other excesses that prompted the soccer great's hospitalization."He is progressing well," said Hector Pezzella, dir...
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Diego Maradona is recovering from a bout of hepatitis attributed to alcohol abuse and will remain hospitalized at least a few more days.The 46-year-old soccer hero remained in stable condition at a...
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Doctors reported progress Friday in treating Diego Maradona for alcohol abuse and other excesses that prompted the soccer great's hospitalization."He is progressing well," said Hector Pezzella, dir...
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