História e memória dos residentes do Hospital Pedro Fontes

Abstract

This dissertation aims to rescue the memories and experiences lived by patients affected by leprosy in the past and who suffered compulsory isolation. The Itanhenga leprosarium, now Pedro Fontes Hospital, wasthe only rearinstitution in thestate for the compulsory admission of leprosy patients. Weinter viewed four former patients who still reside in the hospital today and gathered their life stories about the hospitalization period. We present a brief history of leprosy in Braziland in thestate of Espírito Santo, in addition to the development of memory over time until today. The interviews show that during mandatory hospitalization patients had toover come themselves to face isolation and important aspects of people's lives, many were separated from their new Born children.