The campus of Vijayanagar
Institute of Medical Sciences is situated in the former Allipur Jail
Buildings which has long history. The history reveals those great
freedom fighters including Sri. Chakravarthi Rajgopalachary, Sri. V.V.
Giri, Sri. Bejawada Gopala Reddy, Sri. Ghantasala Venkateshwara Rao,
Sri. Tekur Subramanya etc.; were lodged in this jail. This jail was
closed in 1958 and the old buildings and entire area of 173 acres (0.70
km2) was handed over by the Government to start the Medical College in
Bellary in 1961. It has grown into prestigious institution over the last
42 years despite awful shortage of staff, lack of infrastructure and
other facilities. To overcome the shortcomings the Medical College was
made autonomous Institution “Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences,
Bellary” in 1996. The Medical College Hospital was commissioned in 1966
and has bed strength of 680 beds. The District Hospital is situated in
the heart of city and is spread over an area of 15 acres (61,000 m2) and
has bed strength of 210 for the pediatrics, Gyanecology and Post Mortem
Cases. Recently 20 bedded Infosys ward was added for the treatment of
Japanese Encephalitis cases. To bring all departments under one roof,
for the purpose of better-coordinated teaching and better treatment to
the patients even these two departments of Gynaecology and Paediatrics
department will be shifted to VIMS campus before the end of this year to
the newly constructed wards in the VIMS campus.
Government Wellesly TB & Chest Diseases Hospital was started in
1929 over spacious area of 20 acres (81,000 m2) and has a bed strength
of 280 beds. The Urban Health Center in the heart of the City was
constructed in 1999 and about 120 to 140 patients are treated as
outpatients daily in this center.
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