Former leprosy patient Ali Saga has been treated as outcasts for years Ali is now speaking about his experience in becoming a self-taught maker of prosthetic legs and hands inside his workshop in Tangerang to help people with disabilities to have access to artificial limbs at affordable prices. - AFP
TANGERANG (Indonesia), Jan 29, 2023 (AFP): When Ali Saga visited a clinic in Jakarta four decades ago, he watched as patients and health workers scrambled to get away from him.
"The doctor suddenly shouted at the patients, 'stand back! this person is a leper!" the 57-year-old said, recalling one of the most devastating moments after his diagnosis in the 1970s.
