Uttar Pradesh

TLM Naini Hospital

ABOUT THE HOSPITAL

TLM Naini Hospital was established in the year 1876.

Dr Sam Higginbotham, the American Presbyterian missionary and founder of Allahabad Agricultural Institute, started Naini Leper Asylum in 1876 to take care of leprosy patients. It was a part of Agriculture Institute and Blind Home at that time. This institution served as a home for the leprosy patients who were abandoned by their families and communities for the first few decades of its existence. In 1906, the Mission to Lepers (now, The Leprosy Mission Trust India) took over the institution. It is one of the largest hospitals serving people affected by leprosy in India.

The Leprosy Mission’s Training unit at Naini offers various courses related to leprosy, including its epidemiology, recognising and referring potential cases, diagnosis and treatment approaches, management of leprosy reactions, prevention of disabilities, and public health interventions.

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
• Ophthalmology
• General Medicine
• General Surgery
• Physiotherapy
• Reconstructive Surgery
• Occupational Therapy
• Counselling Therapy
• Dentistry

HIGHLIGHTS 2023

Outpatient Care

• 1,04,832 OPD consultations provided, with 13% for leprosy.

Inpatient Care

The hospital has a 150-bedded (130 for leprosy and 20 for general) inpatient wing and provides the best inpatient facility with 24-hour nursing care and latest equipment.

• 1,813 patients admitted, of which 92% were leprosy patients.
• 44,132 beds were utilised, of which 98.5% were for leprosy.

Surgery

• 636 rehabilitation surgeries done.
• 93 eye surgeries, including 83 cataract surgeries done.
• 1,221 general surgeries done.

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

• 66,444 lab tests, including 4,252 skin smear examinations and 62,192 other tests done.
• 991 X-ray imaging and 574 ECG done.
• 7,723 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.

• 638 leprosy patients diagnosed with reaction/neuritis given inpatient treatment.
• 429 leprosy patients admitted for ulcer management, and 303 ulcer debridement procedures done.
• 1,676 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 1,176 patients were seen through hospital outreach activities.