ABOUT THE HOSPITAL
TLM Miraj Hospital was established in the year 1896.
In 1896, Dr William Wanless, a Canadian missionary doctor started an asylum for leprosy patients in Miraj, Maharashtra. Eventually, the Mission to Lepers (now, The Leprosy Mission Trust India) took over the leprosy asylum. The outpatient department was started in 1935. The new hospital complex was inaugurated in 1980 with the introduction of multi-drug therapy (MDT).
Apart from being a full-fledged hospital with leprosy control, training, rehabilitation and research, it also serves as a referral centre for a large catchment area that extends to the whole of western Maharashtra to northern Karnataka. The hospital has been recognised as a centre for reconstructive surgery, rehabilitation and training by the Maharashtra government. It is part of project focussed on health, advocacy, empowerment and development (CHANGED project). The Central Fabrication unit of TLM’s computerised customised protective footwear project is also now in Miraj.
The facilities provided by the hospital include consulting rooms, in-patient rooms, operating theatre, laboratory services, ECG services, X-ray services, counselling, physiotherapy, pharmacy, MCR protective footwear and artificial limbs.