HEALTHCARE

To keep you hale and hearty

Belgaum offers some of the best medical facilities in the country. There are 6 government general hospitals, 60 private general hospitals and 121 primary health units in the district. In addition to these, there are hundreds of private nursing homes and specialty clinics offering all kinds of services including super specialities like cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, paediatric surgery and 24-hour diagnostic facilities.

The famous "Vaccine Institute" that today produces the Critical Neural Tissue Anti-rabies Vaccine, was originally set up in 1904 to produce small-pox vaccine.

Karnataka Government has set up a medical college at Belgaum to boost quality medical education.