You are the light of hope to save Salur Hospital

Still reeling from the global COVID-19 crisis, The Leprosy Mission Hospitals in India are facing an emergency of their own: an urgent funding crisis.

This funding crisis is placing vital services for vulnerable leprosy patients at risk. Whilst services are free for leprosy patients, Leprosy Mission Hospitals receive a large part of their income from fee-paying patients.

Many of these patients are no longer coming to the hospitals creating a revenue shortfall.

Leprosy Mission doctors, nurses and health workers are doing everything they can to help each person who comes through the hospital doors; the quality of their work has recently received praise from the Indian Government.

But without funding, their life-saving work won’t be able to continue.

Salur Hospital is at breaking point

We must act now to ensure we keep leprosy expertise.

In the darkness, there are places that are bringing light, healing and hope – Salur  Leprosy Mission Hospital in India. This hospital treat people affected by leprosy as well as the wider community. This is where vulnerable people find refuge and support.

Will you help save Salur Hospital?

The staff at Salur Hospital long to give people like Manisha the operation they need, but they can’t do this without your support.

Now, maybe more than ever, we’re in this together. Without you we simply can’t do it.

Your vital support helps keep Leprosy Mission hospital properly resourced to help vulnerable leprosy patients in need.

Here is a breakdown of the need at both hospitals – this is what your gifts will go towards:

Specialist leprosy care is under threat For many years, the teams at Salur and Kothara have offered free, life-changing treatment and surgery for people affected by leprosy, giving them the chance to rebuild their lives.

A Hospitals is a place where miracles happen; fingers move again, and feet take their first steps in years.

But now the staff are struggling to continue their vital work to treat people with leprosy. Vital income from fee-paying patients has stopped coming in due to the Coronavirus pandemic keeping people away. Many people have lost their jobs and can no longer pay for their medical treatment.

Without your help people affected by leprosy won’t be able to get the surgery they need. Will you help save Salur Hospital?

Without your support Salur Hospital won’t be able to serve the people who need it most.

Manisha needs an operation to correct the clawing in her hand

It is for people like Manisha that we must keep this hospital running.

She is only 20 years old. Can you imagine how terrified Manisha was when she found out she had leprosy?

Manisha needs an operation to correct the clawing in her hand.

Her fingers became stiff and difficult to move. She could no longer stroke her little boy’s hair and, when he clung onto her fingers, she couldn’t grip him back.

Already struggling to care for her son each day, Manisha was devastated when she had to stop working.

Leprosy stole her independence, stability and self-worth. When all she had was the comfort of her little boy’s hand in hers, leprosy took that too.

Please note: Donations of $2 or more are tax-deductible. Due to added security measures, donations below $10 can no longer be processed online. To make a gift $9 or less, please call us on 1800 LEPROSY (1800 537 767). 

If the area of need becomes fully funded, your gift will go where most needed.