Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences

Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli is a medical school in Hubli, India is affiliated with Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka. It is one of the oldest government tertiary healthcare centre and largest multi-speciality Hospital in North Karnataka recognized by Medical Council of India. 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.HistoryKarnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli, formerly known as Karnataka Medical College, Hubli was established in August 1957. 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 100acre of land, on the Pune – Bangalore National Highway near Vidyanagar, Hubli.KIMS Hubli 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. At that time, it was capable of offering state-of-the-art diagnostic and therapeutic services to cancer patients from Karnataka to 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 paediatrics.