Global InformationMasasue Suho information
Masasue Suō | |
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| Born | October 8, 1885 Shiga Prefecture |
| Died | June 20, 1942 (aged 56) Sorok Sanatorium, Korea |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation(s) | Physician and Director of Sorok Island Sanatorium, a leper hospital. |
| Known for | Enlargement of the Sorok Island Sanatorium in Korea to a capacity of 6000 in-patients. He was stabbed to death by a patient. |
Masasue Suō (周防 正季, Suō Masasue, October 8, 1885 – June 20, 1942) was a Japanese physician, the director of the Sorok Island Sanatorium in Korea. He completed the world's biggest leprosy facility, Sorok Island Sanatorium, hospitalizing 6000 patients. He was assassinated by a patient while rushing to a morning ceremony. Forced segregation of leprosy patients, inhumane treatments towards patients, and antipathy against colonial rule were behind the assassination.