Amit Shah to Inaugurate KLE Medical College Campus and 1,200-Bed Hospital in Hubballi

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate the new academic building of the KLE Jagadguru Gangadhar Mahaswamigalu Moorusavirmath Medical College (JGMMMC) and the 1,200-bed KLE Hospital and Medical Research Centre (HMRC) at Gabbur in Hubballi on Saturday.

Announcing the programme in Hubballi on Wednesday, Prabhakar Kore, Chairman Emeritus of the Karnatak Lingayat Education Society and Chancellor of the KLE Academy of Higher Education and Research, Belagavi, said the integrated academic medical campus stands on 50 acres of land donated by Sir Gangadhara Rajayogindra Swami of Moorusavir Mutt. The project, with a built-up area of more than 30 lakh sq. ft., has been developed at an estimated cost of ₹700 crore.

The dedication ceremony will be held in the presence of Jagadguru Shri Gurusiddha Rajayogindra Mahaswamiji of Moorusavirmath, Hubballi. Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, Karnataka Medical Education and Skill Development Minister Sharanaprakash R. Patil, and Labour and Employment Minister Santosh S. Lad are among those expected to attend.

Kore, a former Rajya Sabha member, said the medical college was approved by the National Medical Commission in October 2021 with an annual intake of 150 MBBS students and admitted its first batch in February 2022. The intake was raised to 200 seats for the 2025-26 academic year and increased to 250 seats from 2026-27. The institution currently has five batches with around 800 MBBS students.

Postgraduate programmes are scheduled to be introduced in 20 departments from the next academic year. Kore said inspections for the PG courses have been completed and approval is expected for 60 seats.

The college has lecture theatres, simulation laboratories, museums, research facilities, a central library and hostels. Faculty members have secured competitive research grants, including ₹1.4 crore from the Indian Council of Medical Research, while students are taking part in ICMR Short-Term Studentship and KAHER-funded research projects.

Kore said the hospital began services on January 1, 2025. The 1,200-bed teaching hospital offers multi-specialty and super-specialty care, with operation theatres, intensive care units, emergency and trauma care, laboratories and advanced diagnostic services. Treatment is offered at affordable prices, and 300 beds have been earmarked for the poor, who receive free and subsidised care, he said.

The hospital's specialties include general medicine, general surgery, orthopaedics, pulmonology, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, ophthalmology, emergency medicine and ENT. Super-specialty services currently cover neurology, neurosurgery, gastroenterology, nephrology, urology and endocrinology, with cardiology, oncology and organ transplantation expected to be added subsequently.

Kore said the hospital records more than 1,000 outpatients daily and treats an average of 300 inpatients, attributing the footfall to affordable care. The aim, he said, was to provide the best medical education and healthcare at affordable prices to residents of Hubballi-Dharwad and the districts of North Karnataka.

The press meet was attended by former KLE Society director Shankranna Munavalli, present director Manjunath Munavalli, KAHER Vice-Chancellor Sandeep Srivastava, JGMMC Director M.G. Hiremath, KLE Technological University Pro-Chancellor Ashok Shettar and senior faculty members.