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The Karnataka authorities has announced that Victoria Hospital successful Bengaluru volition beryllium renamed aft socialist person Shantaveri Gopalagowda.
New in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) centres volition beryllium established successful 2 authorities institutions arsenic portion of a broader propulsion to fortify aesculapian acquisition and tertiary healthcare infrastructure successful Karnataka.
Presenting the 2026–27 Budget, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said ₹1 crore has been allocated for each of the IVF facilities. The determination is expected to grow entree to assisted reproductive services successful authorities institutions.
Another ₹10 crore has been acceptable speech for operation of a boys’ hostel for MBBS and BDS students of Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (BMCRI).
Construction of hospitals
For the 2026–27 fiscal year, ₹620 crore has been allocated for operation of aesculapian colleges, hospitals and super-speciality hospitals crossed Karnataka. An further ₹220 crore has been earmarked for the procurement of aesculapian equipment.
The existing 400-bed Jayadeva Cardiovascular Hospital successful Mysuru volition beryllium upgraded to a 600-bed installation astatine an estimated outgo of ₹180 crore.
Steps are being taken to operationalise antecedently announced institutions. A 300-bed infirmary astatine Puttur successful Dakshina Kannada district, sanctioned successful past year’s budget, is being taken forward, portion enactment has been initiated to found a constituent assemblage of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences successful Bagalkot.
The State plans to acceptable up caller super-speciality hospitals astatine Karwar and Yadgir, each astatine an estimated outgo of ₹100 crore.
Cancer care
To fortify crab attraction services successful northbound Karnataka, the authorities has projected to found a crab infirmary astatine Munirabad–T.B. Dam to supply tertiary-level crab attraction to patients from Vijayanagara and Koppal districts.
Another inaugural involves the constitution of a determination centre of the Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research wrong the BBMP Multi-Speciality Hospital astatine Govindarajanagar successful Bengaluru. The task volition beryllium taken up successful collaboration with the Greater Bengaluru Authority astatine a outgo of ₹15 crore.
Completed projects
Several infrastructure projects nether the Medical Education Department person been completed. These see a 450-bed multi-speciality infirmary successful Karwar built astatine a outgo of ₹198 crore, a trauma attraction centre astatine Raichur costing ₹10 crore, and peripheral crab centres successful Mysuru and Tumakuru developed astatine a outgo of ₹92 crore.
The Jayadeva Cardiovascular Regional Centre successful Hubballi, constructed astatine a outgo of ₹236 crore, is scheduled to beryllium inaugurated during the existent year.
The State has signed a memorandum of knowing with the Azim Premji Foundation for operation of a 1,000-bed charitable super-speciality tertiary attraction and organ transplant hospital connected the premises of Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases successful Bengaluru.
