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Man sues government for leprosy treatmentDate Posted: 1998-08-21 Shinsato would be the first Okinawan person to sue the government for the treatment which he says violated his basic human rights, and therefore the government owns a compensation to the victims. A medicine, Promine, was discovered in the 40's which provided a cure for leprosy, and the treatment become available for Okinawan leprosy patients, because Okinawa was the under U.S. administration. Shinsato also fully recovered from his disease. |
   
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