TLM Champa Hospital

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 passed, the number of patients in the home increased. In the 1950s, the home was converted into a hospital.

The facilities provided by the hospital include outpatient and inpatient services, operating theatre, laboratory, ECG and X-ray services, 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
• Physiotherapy
• Reconstructive Surgery
• Counselling Therapy

HIGHLIGHTS 2025

Outpatient Care

• 20,537 OPD consultations provided, with 57% 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 the latest equipment.

• 1,040 patients were admitted, of whom 82% were leprosy patients.
• 19,655 beds were utilised, of which 95% were for leprosy.

Surgery

• 26 rehabilitation surgeries were done.
• 89 general surgeries were done.

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

• 47,546 lab tests, including 2,514 skin smear examinations and 45,032 other tests, were done.
• 1,012 X-ray imaging and 331 ECGs were done.
• 673 patients were counselled.

Prevention of impairment and disability (POID) in leprosy

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

• 414 leprosy patients diagnosed with reaction/neuritis were given inpatient treatment.
• 315 leprosy patients were admitted for ulcer management, and 314 ulcer debridement procedures were done.
• 708 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 194 patients were seen through hospital outreach activities.