Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences
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The present Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli, (KIMS, Hubli) was earlier known as the Karnataka Medical College, Hublie. It was established in August 1957. For initial few years the college was functioning from a building which is now known as J.G.Commerce College. Later, it was shifted to the present beautiful campus comprising 100 acre (0.404686 km²) of land, situated on Pune – Bangalore National Highway, Vidyanagar, Hubli.
Since its inception, the Institution has carried a brilliant history of having a host of eminent teachers as its faculty, numerous alumni have glorified the name of the Institute, not only in the country but across the globe. It has been playing, and continues to play a major role in serving the society at large, not only in terms of providing tertiary health care services to the needy, but also by developing resources in terms of health care providers and researchers. The decade 1980-1990 changed its face of being a nondescript hospital in terms of treating cancer patients to a well known major and a model comprehensive regional center for cancer treatment & research. It was therefore capable of offering contemporary sophisticated diagnostic & therapeutic services to ever increasing numbers of cancer patients, not only from Karnataka state, but also from neighboring states like Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Maharashtra. It also had the unique distinction of being the first medical college in India to start a full-fledged Post-graduate course in paediatrics.
Unfortunately, over a period of time, due to many reasons, there was a progressive decline in terms of staff strength, facilities, and subsequently the services that was provided by the Institution. For almost seven years there were no new recruitments. The Institute was almost on the verge of getting derecognized by the Medical Council of India. The Government of Karnataka immediately constituted a Governing Council and in June 1997, the then Karnataka Medical College was accorded the Autonomous status, and so was born, the present Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli. This was done with an aim to achieve the objectives of providing comprehensive undergraduate and postgraduate, medical and paramedical education in various subjects and developing the facilities for research, training, screening, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, palliative and preventive care for the society at large. Since then the Institute has shown tremendous progress towards achieving this goal. It has now got a sufficient well trained staff strength. There has been steady progress in the facilities and the healthcare services that are now available at the Institute. The institution is now equipped to provide some of the major super speciality services like Cardiology, Nephrology, Endocrinology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Urology, Plastic surgery, Paediatric surgery. The ART Center at KIMS Hubli has been recognized and is being developed as the nodal center for the entire region of North Karnataka as well as surrounding region. The Government of Karnataka has provided Cardiac Catheterization Lab to the Institute and has pledged to renew it as the Regional Cardiology Center. The institute has also been accorded the status of Institute of Excellence and also recognized as a Training Center FOR WHO Fellowship. The addition of new blocks, Trauma Care Center and Maternal & Child Health Center, is expected to increase the popularity of the hospital in the region.
Since its inception, the Institution has carried a brilliant history of having a host of eminent teachers as its faculty, numerous alumni have glorified the name of the Institute, not only in the country but across the globe. It has been playing, and continues to play a major role in serving the society at large, not only in terms of providing tertiary health care services to the needy, but also by developing resources in terms of health care providers and researchers. The decade 1980-1990 changed its face of being a nondescript hospital in terms of treating cancer patients to a well known major and a model comprehensive regional center for cancer treatment & research. It was therefore capable of offering contemporary sophisticated diagnostic & therapeutic services to ever increasing numbers of cancer patients, not only from Karnataka state, but also from neighboring states like Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Maharashtra. It also had the unique distinction of being the first medical college in India to start a full-fledged Post-graduate course in paediatrics.
Unfortunately, over a period of time, due to many reasons, there was a progressive decline in terms of staff strength, facilities, and subsequently the services that was provided by the Institution. For almost seven years there were no new recruitments. The Institute was almost on the verge of getting derecognized by the Medical Council of India. The Government of Karnataka immediately constituted a Governing Council and in June 1997, the then Karnataka Medical College was accorded the Autonomous status, and so was born, the present Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli. This was done with an aim to achieve the objectives of providing comprehensive undergraduate and postgraduate, medical and paramedical education in various subjects and developing the facilities for research, training, screening, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, palliative and preventive care for the society at large. Since then the Institute has shown tremendous progress towards achieving this goal. It has now got a sufficient well trained staff strength. There has been steady progress in the facilities and the healthcare services that are now available at the Institute. The institution is now equipped to provide some of the major super speciality services like Cardiology, Nephrology, Endocrinology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Urology, Plastic surgery, Paediatric surgery. The ART Center at KIMS Hubli has been recognized and is being developed as the nodal center for the entire region of North Karnataka as well as surrounding region. The Government of Karnataka has provided Cardiac Catheterization Lab to the Institute and has pledged to renew it as the Regional Cardiology Center. The institute has also been accorded the status of Institute of Excellence and also recognized as a Training Center FOR WHO Fellowship. The addition of new blocks, Trauma Care Center and Maternal & Child Health Center, is expected to increase the popularity of the hospital in the region.
Teaching affiliates
- Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital
- Karnataka Institute of Mental Health, Dharwad
- Anti Retroviral Therapy Center, KIMS Campus
- District Tuberculosis Center, KIMS Campus
- Urban Leprosy Center, KIMS Campus
- Urban Health Training Center, Old Hubli
- Rural Health Training Center, Kundgol
- Primary Health Care Center, Kalaghatgi
- Hubli Hospital for Handicapped, Anandnagar
- KIMS LifeLine Blood Bank, KIMS Campus
- Jaipur Center for Prosthetics, KIMS Campus
- Railway Hospital, Hubli