International Leprosy Association -
History of Leprosy

  • International Leprosy Association -
    History of Leprosy

    Database

    TBL Hospital Ogoja (Archive) (later RCM TBL Hospital)

    Location

    Category Hospital/Research Institute
    Organization Medical Missionaries of Mary
    Country Nigeria
    Address RCM TBL Hospital, PO Box 183, Ogoja, Cross River State, Nigeria
    Telephone +04 1983 7512
    Email mmm@iol.ie
    URL http://mmmworldwide.org/

    Notes

    TBL Hospital, Ogoja, run by the Roman Catholic Mission (RCM) and the Medical Missionaries of Mary, holds resources relating to the work of the late Bishop McGettrick, Vicar of Ogoja. An estimated 40 000 people in this province were said to have been affected by leprosy by 1945. McGettrick worked in conjunction with Dr Joseph Barnes and the Medical Missionaries of Mary.

    Entry made 7 February 2001

    Contact

    Name Sr Anastasia Taggart (Archivist - 02/01)
    Organization Medical Missionaries of Mary
    Address Medical Missionaries of Mary, Beechgrove, Drogheda, County Louth, Republic of Ireland.
    Telephone +353 (0)4 1983 7512
    Email mmm@iol.ie

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