About Wanless Hospital, Miraj Medical Centre

Wanless Hospital, Miraj Medical Centre (WHMMC) is a charitable missionary hospital that has cared for its community for more than a hundred years. Based in Miraj, India, it provides secondary and tertiary healthcare alongside an extensive community health programme. The centre's aims and objectives are to deliver medical services on a charitable basis in the name and spirit of Jesus Christ.

Dr. William Wanless, Founder

This pioneering medical institution had very modest beginnings more than a hundred years ago. In the 19th century, a young Canadian missionary doctor, William Wanless, came to India with his wife Mary. The couple arrived at the Western India Mission in Sangli, Maharashtra, in November 1891 to settle and serve the people of the Sangli-Miraj region.

Driven by a clear vision and carrying only 40 cents received as a donation, he selected the small town of Miraj as the site for the mission hospital. It opened in 1891 as a single-room dispensary in rented premises in the busy bazaar, with Mrs. Wanless, a trained nurse, assisting. With the support of the Rajah of Miraj, land was obtained for a hospital. The Medical Mission took root, and from that start the Mission Hospital has grown over the past century into an institution that includes a 400-bed teaching hospital affiliated with the Government Medical College, a College of Nursing, an Institute of Pharmacy and a range of paramedical programmes.

Care for All, Regardless of Means

Today Wanless Hospital, Miraj Medical Centre (MMC) welcomes hundreds of poor and needy patients from across India and abroad, just as it has for more than a century. As a secondary and tertiary care centre, Wanless Hospital serves a radius of 250 kms (150 miles) and a population of nearly 20 million, offering the best possible medical services to everyone, irrespective of race, caste, creed or ability to pay.

Wanless Hospital is an institution devoted to comprehensive and dedicated medical care. Conceived by a visionary and meticulously planned and designed, it sets high standards in both medical treatment and patient comfort, supporting a quick and complete recovery. Growth is driven by a strong human resource team of highly specialised and committed doctors, nurses and allied health professionals, encouraged to uphold Wanless Hospital's traditions of compassionate and skilful health care.

Mission Statement

"Miraj Medical Centre" stands as a witness of Christ through a healing ministry offering quality care to all humanity irrespective of caste, creed or religion. We provide education in the fields of medicine, nursing and allied health professions so as to show the compassion of Christ and the brotherhood envisaged by our founder, Dr. William Wanless.

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From a single rented room in the Miraj bazaar to a teaching hospital, nursing college and pharmacy institute, Wanless Hospital has kept the same purpose throughout: compassionate, skilful care for every patient who comes through its doors. Explore our news and contact pages to learn more about the hospital and how to reach us.

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