Chhattisgarh

TLM Champa Hospital (TLM Bethesda Leprosy Home and Hospital)

ABOUT THE HOSPITAL

TLM Champa Hospital was established in the year 1902.

Rev. P. A. Penner, an American Mennonite missionary working in Champa, started an asylum for leprosy patients who begged for a living, in 1902. Eventually, the asylum was converted into a hospital-cum-leprosy home. The Mission to Lepers (now, The Leprosy Mission Trust India) took over its management in 1903. As time went on, the number of patients in the home increased, and in the 1950s, the home was converted into a hospital.

The facilities provided by the hospital include out-patient and in-patient services, operating theatre, laboratory service, ECG service, X-ray service, counselling, physiotherapy, pharmacy, MCR protective footwear and artificial limbs.

MEDICAL SPECIALTIES

The hospital offers healthcare services and treatments for the following medical specialties:

• Leprosy Treatment and Management
• Dermatology
• General Medicine
• General Surgery
• Obstetrics & Gynaecology
• Physiotherapy
• Reconstructive Surgery
• Counselling Therapy
• Dentistry

HIGHLIGHTS 2023

Outpatient Care

• 17,058 OPD consultations provided, with 55% for leprosy.

Inpatient Care

The hospital has a 60-bedded (45 for leprosy and 15 for general) inpatient wing and provides the best inpatient facility with 24-hour nursing care and latest equipment.

• 1,031 patients admitted, of which 76% were leprosy patients.
• 14,632 beds were utilised, of which 90.4% were for leprosy.

Surgery

• 271 rehabilitation surgeries done.
• 25 eye surgeries, including 25 cataract surgeries done.
• 82 general surgeries done.

Support services (lab tests; X-ray, ECG, counselling)

• 35,249 lab tests, including 1,700 skin smear examinations and 33,549 other tests done.
• 169 X-ray imaging and 132 ECG done.
• 1,220 patients counselled.

Prevention of impairment and disability (POID) in leprosy

The hospital provides patient education, physiotherapy, prefabricated splints, MCR protective footwear, etc, to leprosy patients to prevent impairment and disability.

• 378 leprosy patients diagnosed with reaction/neuritis given inpatient treatment.
• 221 leprosy patients admitted for ulcer management, and 221 ulcer debridement procedures done.
• 778 pairs of MCR protective footwear manufactured and supplied to hospital patients and government/others.

Community Outreach

The hospital has a community outreach programme in schools and tribal villages. This is done through networking with the government and other NGOs. The hospital supports people affected by leprosy and members of marginalised communities and tribal’s in accessing government social welfare schemes for education, economic development, healthcare, housing, insurance, livelihood pension, etc.

A total of 1,131 patients were seen through hospital outreach activities.