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About us ::
Wanless
Hospital, Miraj Medical center (WHMMC) is a century old
missionary, charitable hospital situated in Miraj India,
providing secondary and tertiary health care well as running
an effective extended Community Health Care Miraj Medical
Centre's aims and objectives include provision of medical
services on a charitable basis in the name and spirit of
Jesus Christ.
Dr. William Wanless
Founder
This
pioneer medical institution had very humble beginnings more
than 100 years ago. During the 19th Century, a young Canadian
missionary doctor named William Wanless with his wife Mary,
descended on the shores of India. This young couple arrived
to the Western India Mission at Sangli, Maharashtra in November
1891 to make their home and serve the masses here in the
Sangli-Miraj area.
With a vision in his mind and 40 cents in his pocket as
a donation, he selected the rustic town of Miraj for the
mission hospital. It started in a small rented place in
the busy bazaar as a one-room dispensary in 1891, assisted
by Mrs. Wanless, a trained nurse. With the help of the Rajah
of Miraj, land was acquired for a hospital. The Medical
Mission took roots and this was the beginning of the Mission
Hospital which over the past 100 years has grown into an
institution consisting of a 400-bed teaching hospital affiliated
with the Government Medical College, a College of Nursing,
an Institute of Pharmacy and various paramedical programmes.
Today
Wanless Hospital, Miraj Medical Centre (MMC) attracts hundreds
of poor and needy patients from all over India and abroad
as it did for over a century. As a secondary and tertiary
care centre, Wanless Hospital serves a 250 kms (150 miles)
radius and population of nearly 20 million, providing the
best possible medical services to one and all, regardless
of race, caste, creed or ability to pay.
Wanless
Hospital is an institution for comprehensive and dedicated
medical care. Conceptualized by a visionary, meticulously
planned and painstakingly designed, it sets ultimate standards
in both medical treatment and patient comfort aiding a quick
and complete cure.
The
development through a strong human resource team of highly
specialized and committed doctors, nurses and allied health
professionals is encouraged to uphold the traditions of
Wanless Hospital for compassionate and skillful health care.