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Schieffelin
Institute
of
Health
Research
and
Leprosy
Centre
(SIHRLC)
has
been
working
for
the
marginalised
for
the
past
65
years.
The
founders
had
intended
that
it
would
be
a
shelter
for
people
affected
by
leprosy,
who
were
then
ostracised
and
were
not
treated
with
dignity.
Leprosy
was
and
still
is
a
highly
stigmatised
disease.
The
Schieffelin
Institute
of
Health
Research
&
Training
Centre,
formerly
known
as
SLRTC
Karigiri,
has
now
been
in
existence
for
more
than
50
years.
It
was
started
as
a
facility
exclusively
for
patients
suffering
from
the
dreaded
scourge
of
leprosy.
Today
it
is
150
bedded
General
Hospital,
offering
general
medical
care,
but
with
a
focus
on
leprosy.
Schieffelin
Institute
of
Health
-
Research
and
Leprosy
Centre
(SIH-R
&
LC)
is
located
near
Vellore
in
Tamilnadu,
was
established
in
1955
to
care
for
the
leprosy
patients
in
and
around
Vellore
and
to
set
up
a
research
institution
to
probe
into
the
multifaceted
problems
of
leprosy.
Dr.
Robert
Cochrane
was
the
moving
force
behind
this
venture.
260
acres
of
open
scrubland,
20
Km
from
Christian
Medical
College
(CMC)
hospital,
Vellore
and
4
Km
from
any
approach
road
was
obtained
from
the
Government.
With
the
close
cooperation
of
The
Leprosy
Mission
(TLM)
and
the
American
Leprosy
Missions
(ALM)
and
CMC,
the
project
gradually
materialized.
The
Schieffelin
Leprosy
Research
Sanatorium
was
renamed
the
Schieffelin
Leprosy
Research
&
Training
Centre
in
1974.
The
institution
was
registered
as
a
company
in
1977
and
became
independent
from
all
three
founding
organizations.
Over
the
past
five
decades
SIH
&
RC
treated
leprosy
and
its
complications,
carried
out
state
of
the
art
research
to
understand
the
disease,
and
trained
all
levels
of
health
personnel
in
management
of
leprosy.
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