ABOUT THE HOSPITAL
TLM Salur Hospital was established in the year 1906.
Rev. Paul Schulze, a German Lutheran Missionary, one day saw a man hiding his hands and feet, and when Rev. Paul asked him what had happened, the man said that he had leprosy. Rev. Paul offered him a place in his compound and built a hut for him. Soon the news spread and other people suffering from leprosy came looking for help. But soon the Rev. Paul’s savings were exhausted.
The Mission to Lepers (now, The Leprosy Mission Trust India) offered to build an asylum for the patients. Rev. Paul visited Purulia (where the Mission to Lepers had a leprosy home) to learn about running an asylum. Finally, an asylum was built in Jeegaram near Salur, in 1906. The present hospital in Salur was built in 1972, and the central and state governments recognised the hospital as a referral centre for treating leprosy, in 1973. The hospital has a fully functioning artificial limb centre, ophthalmic unit, a new eye ward, and OPD. In 2003, the hospital integrated its leprosy services with general health services.
The facilities provided by the hospital include consulting rooms, in-patient rooms, operating theatre, laboratory services, ECG services, X-ray services, counselling, physiotherapy, pharmacy, MCR protective footwear and artificial limbs.