Lo Sheng was built in 1930 as the only public leprosarium in Taiwan.

It remains open and active. Whilst it was recently scheduled for closure and demolition, campaign groups appear to have won a reprieve for at least some of the buildings.

External link: [The ILA Global Project on the History of Leprosy is not responsible for the content of external websites]:

http://english.www.gov.tw/TaiwanHeadlines/index.jsp?categid=10&recordid=97496

This entry was created 20 September 2006.