Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli

About Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli

The Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) is a medical college in Hubli, Karnataka, run by the Government of karnataka state. The institute was established in 1957. Prior to 1996, the institute was known as the Karnataka Medical College (KMC). This was a part of Karnatak University of Dharwar and now is affiliated with the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences in Bangalore (RGUHS). This is a teaching hospital and tertiary care health centre catering largely to the northern and north-eastern regions of Karnataka. The attached hospital is called KIMS hospital. The medical college and attached hospital are spread across a sprawling campus of approximately acres.

The institute offers graduate and postgraduate courses in Medical Sciences recognized by the Medical Council of India MCI.

The institute holds an annual cultural fest known as 'Kalaspandana' which is a melting pot for the various talents which the students of the institute possess.

A very well known medical exhibition is held once every 3 to 5 years in KIMS known as 'Karmex'. The last Karmex was organised in the year 2005.

KIMS also has the credit of being the first medical college in India where a full fledged Paediatric Department was started.

The Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) is a renowned medical institution, located in Hubli, in the district of Dharwad in Karnataka. The institution started its journey in August, 1957 as the Karnataka Medical College, Hubli and it functioned with this name till June, 1997. The institute is considered to be one of the oldest medical institutions in the state. The college operated its functions from a building presently known as J. G. Commerce College, in its initial few years and the management shifted it to the present campus, at a later period. The institute is working with the aim of spreading the light of medical education among the students of Karnataka and also providing quality treatment to the people of the state.

The Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), Hubli, Dharwad has been showing outstanding performances, since its inception and it has a history of having a host of eminent teachers as its faculty. The college has been continuously playing 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 institute started to be recognised as a well known major and a model comprehensive regional center for cancer treatment and research, from the 1990s. The institute was capable of offering contemporary sophisticated diagnostic and therapeutic services to ever increasing numbers of cancer patients, from Karnataka and its neighboring states.

The State Government of Karnataka gave autonomous status to the then Karnataka Medical College in June, 1997 and the college started to be recognised as the Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), since then. The status was given with a view to achieve the institute`s objectives of providing comprehensive Undergraduate and Postgraduate, medical & paramedical education in various subjects. The institute also worked with the objective of developing the facilities for research, training, screening, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, palliative and preventive care for the society at large. The Institute has shown tremendous progress towards achieving this goal, since it got the autonomous status.

The Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), Hubli, Dharwad is capable of providing some of the major super speciality services like Cardiology, Nephrology, Endocrinology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Urology, Plastic surgery, Pediatric surgery at the moment. The institute has already earned the status of "Institute of Excellence" and also recognized as a Training Center for WHO Fellowship. The institute has been working as a teaching hospital and tertiary care health centre, catering largely to the northern and north-eastern regions of Karnataka, at the moment.

The Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), Hubli, Dharwad offers a large number of courses in various specialised departments of medical science, at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. All the courses offered by the KIMS, Hubli are recognised by the Medical Council of India (MCI). Apart from the undergraduate courses like MBBS and B.Sc, the postgraduate courses like MD, MS and MDS are also offered in the institute. The institute offers Para Medical Courses, as well. There are a large number of departments in the institute, helping the management in various ways. The major departments include the department of Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Pharmacology, Pathology, Microbiology, Forensic Medicine, General Medicine, Pediatrics, Skin & STD, T. B. & Chest Diseases, Psychiatry, Orthopaedics, General Surgery, Ophthalmology, E.N.T, Paediatric Surgery, Anaesthesiology, Radiology, Dentistry, O.B.G and the department of Radiotherapy. There are some Super Speciality Departments like Nephrology, Neurology, Plastic Surgery, Cardiology, Neuro Surgery and Urology in KIMS, Hubli, as well.

Microbiology,
Dept Kims Vidyanagar
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Hubli -580022

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