Over 20 patients suffer leprosy in Nuba Mountains

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Twenty-three patients were reported suffering from leprosy in the Catholic Missionary Hospital in Nuba Mountains.
 
A nurse in charge of Leprosy Ward Abdu Mohammed Kumi said there were 23 patients undergoing treatment 17 of them were discharged after one year treatment. 
 
Mr Kumi said this infection is caused by a bacteria call leprea which kills the nervous system mostly legs and fingers.
 
He said leprosy spread from infected person to healthy person through air and droplet of saliva.