{"id":415,"date":"2019-01-07T16:42:10","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T16:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maitri-bodhgaya.org\/home\/?page_id=415"},"modified":"2021-05-15T10:08:04","modified_gmt":"2021-05-15T10:08:04","slug":"world-leprosy-day-2019","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.maitri-bodhgaya.org\/home\/in-the-service-of-others\/world-leprosy-day-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"World Leprosy Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maitri-bodhgaya.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/WORLD-LEPROSY-DAY-2019-Eng.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-417\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maitri-bodhgaya.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/leprosy-patient-WLD-2019-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"351\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When the face of a leprosy case affected by reaction is that of a young girl, we are filled with sadness for the fate of this young person in a country where women\u2019s worth is very much related to their appearance.<\/p>\n<p>If untreated, the intense inflammation that causes severe swelling of the person\u2019s features can lead to permanent scars and deformities. However, if treated with regular care and medication, the recovery can be full..<\/p>\n<p>At MAITRI hospital we have treated many of such cases by keeping them under constant watch and care for months. All of them, both men and women, boys and girls, have returned home happy, restored to their usual selves,<\/p>\n<p>There is no room for desperation at MAITRI, only quiet, unceasing care.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maitri-bodhgaya.org\/home\/supporting-maitri\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Please Donate<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Download Brochure<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maitri-bodhgaya.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/WLD-2021-p1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WORLD LEPROSY DAY 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maitri-bodhgaya.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/WLD-2021-p1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-687\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maitri-bodhgaya.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/WLD-thumbnail-2021-132x273.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"77\" height=\"163\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maitri-bodhgaya.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/WORLD-LEPROSY-DAY-2019-Eng.pdf\">WORLD LEPROSY DAY 2019-Eng<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maitri-bodhgaya.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/WORLD-LEPROSY-DAY-2019-Eng.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-518\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maitri-bodhgaya.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/WLD-brochure-ENG.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"77\" height=\"163\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the face of a leprosy case affected by reaction is that of a young girl, we are filled with sadness for the fate of this young person in a country where women\u2019s worth is very much related to their appearance. If untreated, the intense inflammation that causes severe swelling of the person\u2019s features can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":173,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-415","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maitri-bodhgaya.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maitri-bodhgaya.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maitri-bodhgaya.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maitri-bodhgaya.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maitri-bodhgaya.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.maitri-bodhgaya.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":688,"href":"https:\/\/www.maitri-bodhgaya.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/415\/revisions\/688"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maitri-bodhgaya.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maitri-bodhgaya.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}