Premananda Memorial Leprosy Hospital

Premananda Memorial Leprosy Hospital is located at 259A A P C Road in Maniktala. The building is old and has a lot of history behind it. Working here is different from working in a general hospital. We deal with a very specific set of needs for people who have been through a lot. A P C Road is one of the busiest streets you can imagine, with trams and buses and cars constantly making a racket outside. Inside the walls of 259A, we try to keep things a bit more peaceful. The work involves a lot of long-term care, dressing wounds, and helping people with physical therapy. It is not always easy, and some days the weight of the work feels heavy. But the staff here is like a family. We’ve seen many people come through these doors over the years in Maniktala. We don't have a big budget, so we make do with what we have. We keep the wards as clean as possible and make sure the patients feel seen. There is a lot of routine to it—morning rounds, cleaning, feeding, and then doing it all over again in the evening. It’s a quiet sort of dedication. We don’t look for praise; we just want to make sure the people here are cared for properly in this old part of the city. There is always someone here watching over the patients at night to make sure they are comfortable.