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The Leprosy Mission Hospital

Naini is a growing suburb of Allahabad, a city of about two million people. The land on which the Naini Hospital is located has served those with leprosy since 1830, when a home for leprosy beggars was opened. In 1902, the hospital opened on the same site.

The Leprosy Mission Hospital, Naini now stands as one of the foremost leprosy hospitals in the state. In addition to the city of Allahabad, the hospital serves an area of about 1,267 square kilometres, and a population of about 900,000 people.

The Hospital At A Glance:

• 110-bed hospital which provides an integrated service to both leprosy and general patients.
• Nationally recognized leprosy training centre. The training unit offers officially recognized courses for paramedical workers, medical workers, physiotherapy technicians, and non-medical supervisors, medical officers and health educators using a standard national curriculum.
• Leprosy control programme covering 900,000 people with an intensive focus on early case detection.
• There is a health education unit in a separate set of buildings on the campus. This unit is principally engaged in the preparation of health education materials in leprosy for all of India.
• There remains a mercy home section to the hospital campus, where 70 patients, all of them very disabled, live in the permanent care of the Mission.

The main priority of Naini’s work is providing leprosy treatment, training health staff in leprosy and strengthening hospital activities.

Future Plans for the Leprosy Mission Hospital:

It remains the policy of the Leprosy Mission Hospital to offer treatment to those with leprosy at no charge. The leprosy services offered are therefore made possible by the financial support of individuals and organizations who stand in partnership with the Mission both in Canada and in twenty-two other countries around the world. However, in the short term, the hospital depends heavily on donations from private organizations, such as The Order of St. Lazarus to underwrite about eighty percent of the cost of its leprosy services.

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