Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences

Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (Karnataka Medical College)
Type	Public
Established	August 1957
Dean	Dr.Ramalingappa
Academic staff	334
Students	600 undergraduate students; 103 postgraduate students ; 100 nursing students; 100 paramedical students
Location	Hubli, Karnataka, India
Campus	Urban
Website	www.kimshubballi.org

Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli (KIMS, Hubli) is a medical school in Hubli, India and is affiliated with Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka. It is one of the oldest government tertiary healthcare centres, and the largest multi-specialty hospital in North Karnataka recognized by the Medical Council of India. In June 1997, the then Karnataka Medical College was accorded autonomous status and became the Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli.

History[]

Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubballi, (KIMS, Hubballi), formerly known as Karnataka Medical College, Hubballi was established in August 1957.^[1] For the first few years, the college was located in a building which was later known as J. G. Commerce College. The campus subsequently was shifted to the present location comprising 100 acres (0.40 km²) of land, on the Pune – Bangalore National Highway near Vidyanagar, Hubli.^[1]

KIMS, Hubballi serves the society at large by providing tertiary health care services to the needy and by developing resources of health care providers and researchers.

The decade 1980-1990 changed the institute from being a nondescript hospital treating cancer patients to a well-known comprehensive regional center for cancer treatment and research. It is now capable of offering diagnostic and therapeutic services to cancer patients from Karnataka and neighboring states like Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Maharashtra. The institute was the first medical college in India to start a full-fledged post-graduate course in pediatrics.

For a brief period, due to lack of political will and poor funding, there was a progressive decline in staff, facilities and services offered. The government of Karnataka organized a Governing Council, and in June 1997, the then Karnataka Medical College was accorded autonomy and became the Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubballi. The current objectives are providing comprehensive undergraduate and postgraduate medical and paramedical education, and developing facilities for research, training, screening, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, palliative and preventive care for the society at large. It now has well trained staff.^[2]

There has been steady progress in the facilities and the health care services that are available at the institute. The institute is equipped to provide some specialty services like Cardiology, Nephrology, Endocrinology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Urology, Plastic surgery and Pediatric surgery. The Center at KIMS, Hubballi has been recognized and is being developed as the nodal center for North Karnataka as well as the surrounding region.^[3] The Government of Karnataka has provided a cardiac catheterization lab to the Institute and has pledged to renew it as a Regional Cardiology Center.^[4] The institute has also been accorded the status of Institute of Excellence and recognized as a Training Center for the WHO Fellowship. The addition of new blocks, Trauma Care Center and Maternal & Child Health Center^[5] is expected to increase the popularity of the hospital in the region. Phototherapy, dermabrasion and radio frequency have been newly added to the Department of Dermatology.