Each month, over 1,000 persons are admitted to the hospital. Approximately 7,500 are seen as outpatients and an additional 500 are seen outside the medical center complex. Dr. Wanless saw a need to provide medical training and began a medical school. Today Miraj Medical Center is a teaching facility for the state government medical school providing clinical experience in practically all medical specialties. Miraj also provides education programs for nurses, midwives, lab technicians, X-Ray technicians, pharmacists and primary health care trainers.
Community health is also a major concern.
Miraj Medical Center is the only hospital in the area with facilities for such specialized services as neurosurgery, hemodialysis and kidney transplantation and heart surgery. The new Miraj Heart Institute, financed by a grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development and funds from the Bicentennial Fund of the Presbyterian Church, provides upgraded facilities for cardiology and cardiac surgery. The Medical Benevolence Foundation is also assisting this project with supplies and equipment. The hospital annually receives a number of Presbyterian volunteers from a variety of health disciplines. The Medical Benevolence Foundation raises funds to help upgrade the facilities and to purchase medical equipment.