About the Institute:
History
Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology - named after the man with a vision for the down trodden and victims of cancer, Mr.Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, the then Governor of Bombay, who donated 20 acres of land situated at Hosur Road, now called as Dr.M.H.Marigowda Road, Bangalore and Rs.1.00 lakh for the Radiotherapy machine.This Institute was established on 26th June 1973 with bed strength of 50. The Institute became Autonomous on 8, January 1980. The Government of India has accorded the status of a Regional Cancer Centre on 1, November 1980 to this Institute, thus became one of the 11 Regional Cancer Centres in the country. The Indian Council of Medical Research has recognised this referral Institution as a research association. From the year 1980 to 2001, it has changed the face of the non-descript cancer hospital to a well known major and a model comprehensive regional centre for cancer research and treatment offering sophisticated diagnostic and treatment services to ever increasing numbers of cancer afflicted patients from Karnataka and adjoining areas of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Maharashtra. It is next to Tata Memorial Centre in terms of organisation, accommodation, equipment, staff and patient turnover.
Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology (KMIO), Bangalore is a Regional Cancer Centre (RCCs). KMIO is a recognised exclusive tertiary cancer care centre cum academic and research institutes, delivering modern health care by groups of trained professionals and paraprofessionals coming together as interdisciplinary teams and has facilities for advanced medical investigation and treatment. KMIO was accorded RCC status on 1st Nov 1980 by Government of India and is a member of UICC and recognised by WHO. KMIO is State Government Autonomous Institute. The Indian Council of Medical Research has recognised this referral Institution as a research organization.
Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology commemorates the memory of one of the most distinguished sons of India. Shri Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, who played a great role in the freedom struggle and later worked shoulder to shoulder with other national leaders in strengthening the roots of democracy and secularism in our country. The then Governor of Bombay donated 20 acres of the Campus land and Rs.1.00 lakh for the Radiotherapy machine.
KMIO was conceived by the City Fathers as far back as 1957 as a private venture, it was the taking over of the project by the Government of Karnataka in 1971 that finally set the ball rolling to the Inauguration of the institute on 26th June 1973. The Government of Karnataka by an order on 27th December 1979, converted the institute into an autonomous Institution, to enable it not only to mobilise resources and expertise from other national and international agencies but also, consequent thereof, to develop and grow further into a pioneer and model in the field of Oncology in Karnataka. The Institute was registered on 8th January 1980 as an independent body. The first Director of the Institute- Dr. M. Krishna Bhargava took charge as Director of the autonomous institute on 23rd January 1980. Monday the 21st April 1980 was a momentous day for the Institute, Shri B. Shankaranand, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, formally inaugurated the autonomous Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology.
The Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology has, with its autonomous status, finally evolved into a Tertiary Cancer Institute providing modern multidisciplinary total patient care, conducting medical/clinical research, promoting cancer education programs both at the institute and in the community and initiating planned epidemiological studies in this part of the country. The autonomy of the centre confers maximum centralised administrative and management authority over planning and execution, budgets, allocations staff appointments and procedures ensuring thereby the most important attribute of such a centre—the excellence in quality of all work rendered.
The Institute stands poised today on the threshold of a future with an endless potential and promise in the service of cancer patients in particular and in cancer control in general in the State of Karnataka.
Vision:
Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology was established way back in 1957 as a small cancer centre by the Mayor of Bangalore. The Government of Karnataka took over the Society in 1970. In 1980, it became an Autonomous Institute registered under the Societies Registration Act and was deemed as Regional Cancer Centre in the same year by Government of India. This is one of the 27 Regional Cancer Centers available in our country. It is a member of the UICC (International Union Against Cancer). This Institute is recognized by the WHO as an Institute of Excellence.
This Institute is a Comprehensive Cancer Centre treating almost 20,000 new cancer patients every year with a follow-up of 2,50,000 patients per annum. We have a Cancer Detection Unit, which has got mobile unit apart from the clinic functioning regularly in-house.
Screening & Prevention
At present, we are having a Department of Cancer Detection and Screening Unit which does both hospital based as well as field based cancer detection programmes. We have been conducting cancer detection camps for the last 25 years and the detection rate is 1.5% of proved cancers and 1.5% of suspected cancers. During the camps, apart from screening, cancer health education is also performed in the form of short documentary films, didactic lectures, interactive sessions, posters, etc. to create cancer awareness.
Future
The future would be multi-pronged in the form of:
1.Direct approach to the individuals by continuing with what has been going on and by increasing the number of staff and mobile cancer detection units.
2.To set up a cancer detection unit at every medical college as a part of outreach programme in the State of Karnataka by involving the social and preventive medicine departments of every medical college & designate particular geographic area for each medical college so that the whole State of Karnataka can be covered.
3.To co-ordinate with National Cancer Control Programme and with District Cancer Control Programme units so that more effective measures can be taken in this regard and to avoid unnecessary duplication of work.
4.Infact, it has been already recommended to the Government of India,Government of Karnataka and the World Health Organization for the development of Oncology Wings in all the Medical Colleges all over the country way back in November 1993 by conducting a Workshop sponsored by WHO and Ministry of Health, Government of India.
5.The cancer detection unit presently available at KMIO should be expanded to have a full blown department consisting of both medical and paramedical personnel so that a proper co-ordination can be effected/achieved.
6.Mobile cancer units should increase from one unit at present to three units at the end of 5 years and ultimately to have five units at least at the end of 10 years.
