K.H. Patil Institute of Medical Sciences, Gadag FAQs 2026 Admissions 2026, Courses, Fees & Cutoffs

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Gadag Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) was renamed to K.H. Patil Institute of Medical Sciences (KPIMS) effective 06 January 2026, per a Karnataka Government order. The renaming was announced on 17 March 2025 by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to honour the late K.H. Patil — a former MLA and Minister from Gadag district. The BJP's Gadag district unit opposed this, demanding the college be named after local saint Pandit Puttaraja Gawai, and noting that the 54-acre campus land was donated by the Patil family while the college was established through BJP efforts by former MLA S.V. Bidaroor and ex-CM Jagadish Shettar.

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KPIMS has 150 NMC-approved MBBS seats. PG (MD/MS) intake spans 17 specialties with a combined intake of approximately 57+ seats, including General Medicine (5), General Surgery (5), OBG (5), Ophthalmology (4), Paediatrics (3), Anaesthesiology (3), Orthopaedics (3), ENT (3), and 2 seats each in Dermatology, Radio Diagnosis, Psychiatry, Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Pathology, Forensic Medicine, and Community Medicine.

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NEET 2024 AIQ (MCC) General category: Opening rank 14,399; Closing rank 19,974. NEET 2025 AIQ General Stray Vacancy closing rank: 27,224. Karnataka State Quota (KEA) General (1G) 2025 Round 2 closing rank: 36,280. PG NEET 2025 AIQ range: AIR 1,700 (Radio Diagnosis) to 74,344. A current student reports the average NEET score for state quota General merit is approximately 580 marks.

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The attached teaching hospital — within the Government District Hospital premises — currently has 300–350 operational beds and is being expanded to 750 beds under Phase 2. It sees 600+ OPD patients daily, provides 24×7 emergency services, ICU, Blood Bank, Radiology, and super-specialty services in Cardiology, Nephrology, Endocrinology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Urology, Plastic Surgery, and Paediatric Surgery. Additional affiliated hospitals: Dundappa Manvi Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital and Urban Health Training Centre.