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Union protests lack of notice after seafarer succumbs with leprosy

by Sineva Toevai — last modified Apr 23, 2010 02:52 PM

THE LACK of reporting to port of state authorities of a case of leprosy on board a foreign-flagged ship has alarmed and angered the Maritime Union of Australia.

A Filipino seafarer on bulk carrier Agios Nikolas was admitted to Wollongong hospital in New South Wales on April 3 with suspected cases of tuberculosis and leprosy, of which leprosy had been confirmed.
The Greek-flagged ship reportedly resumed her journey...

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