Category | Leprosarium |
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Country | Paraguay |
Address | Asunción |
secretaria@km81.org | |
URL | https://km81.org/ |
Hospital Mennonita Km 81 (Mennonite Hospital Km 81) is a hospital run by a committee of German-speaking Mennonite Churches in Paraguay for the treatment of patients with leprosy, tuberculosis and HIV / AIDS, and for other indigent patients (diabetes, pemphigus, piebot, etc.) It is situated 81 kilometres east of Asunción. Construction work began in 1951, guided by Dr John R Schmidts from the USA.
(Information kindly supplied by Hospital Mennonita Km 81)