THAT morning, August 31, upon arriving at the Dr A Rivai Abdulah Leprosy Hospital in Kundur River, Banyuasin, Palembang, Yohei Sasakawa came to the patients one by one. He held their hands and sometimes looked at their wounds while engaging them in conversation. Later, he explained that he always does this on purpose to prove that no harm would come out of being in physical contact with leprosy patients. "I have touched thousands of these patients