TLM Chandkhuri Hospital

ABOUT THE HOSPITAL

TLM Chandkhuri Hospital was established in the year 1897.

Rev. K.W. Nottrott, an American Evangelical Church missionary, built seven thatched houses for leprosy patients who had been driven out of their homes in 1897. On noticing the plight of those people, he was filled with compassion and started a famine kitchen to feed all who were hungry. As more leprosy patients came to him, Rev. Nottrott built a hospital to take care of the critically ill patients. In due course, the Mission to Lepers (now, The Leprosy Mission Trust India) took over the hospital. The old hospital building was replaced by a new hospital in 1995. With the opening of the new building, treatment for non-leprosy patients also started.

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
• General Surgery
• Obstetrics & Gynaecology
• Opthalmology
• Diabetic clinics
• Physiotherapy
• Reconstructive Surgery
• Counselling Therapy

HIGHLIGHTS 2025

Outpatient Care

• 43,715 OPD consultations provided, with 23% for leprosy.

Inpatient Care

The hospital has a 50-bedded (30 for leprosy and 20 for general) inpatient wing and provides the best inpatient facility with 24-hour nursing care and the latest equipment.

• 465 patients were admitted, of whom 67% had leprosy.
• 7,788 beds were utilised, of which 92% were for leprosy.

Surgery

• 18 rehabilitation surgeries were done.
• 57 eye surgeries, including 57 cataract surgeries, were done.
• 213 general surgeries were done.

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

• 53,394 lab tests, including 1,367 skin smear examinations and 53,394 other tests done.
• 752 X-ray imaging and 153 ECGs done.
• 43,831 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.

• 84 leprosy patients diagnosed with reaction/neuritis were given inpatient treatment.
• 168 leprosy patients were admitted for ulcer management, and 157 ulcer debridement procedures were done.
• 1,431 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 1232 patients were seen through hospital outreach activities.