Medical Volunteer Work
Lee took care of leprosy patients in Anyang, South Korea when he was studying medicine. There were few medical facilities set up at the time and he worked in a volunteer capacity.
He met and later married Kaburaki Reiko, a Japanese woman who visited Korea in order to help out there.
In 1981, Lee and his wife went together to American Samoa to help the poor. In Samoa, he worked in the Lyndon B. Johnson tropical medical center from June 26, 1981 to May 26, 1983. He was known as the Schweitzer of Asia.
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