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The Sanitaria in the Philippines were established in support of the objectives of controlling leprosy in the archipelago, of protecting the healthy population from the dreaded menace of society during the time when it was considered a highly communicable disease, when stigma was so high and no medicine for cure was available. The existence of sanitaria was further strengthened and given mandate under the Segregation Law (Act 1117), promulgated in 1907, which compulsorily segregated and isolated leprosy patients in Culion Leper Colony in 1906 (Palawan), then in regional treatment centers in Cebu (Eversely Childs Sanitarium), Bicol (Bicol Sanitarium), and Central Luzon (Tala Sanitarium, now Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital).
The Sanitarium has been the second home for thousands of leprosy patients and their families, and for many, their final destination. The sanitarium has been the initial testing ground for treatment using chaulmougra oil derivatives like ethyl ester with iodine (Mercado mixture), but it is the caring, the segregation/isolation, and finding a place away from discrimination and stigma, that made the sanitarium or “leper colony” more noted and known for the Mindanao Central sanitarium (MCS), formerly Zamboanga Leprosarium, was created pursuant to E.O. 392 dated 1930. Serving as a screening, diagnostic, and treatment center for domiciliary leprosy patients with intercurrent disease and complications, MCS also served as an institution for leprosy patients requiring hospitalization and rehabilitation.
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