Swarna Shishu Dhama NICU (Neo Natal Intensive Care Unit)/ SNCU (Special Newborn Care Unit) built at a cost of ₹1.5 crore at Karnataka Institute of for Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) by entrepreneur V.S.V. Prasad to cater to advanced healthcare requirements of newborns was formally inaugurated and handed over to the institute by Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines Pralhad Joshi in Hubballi on Monday.
Inaugurating the hi-tech facility built in memory of Chigurupati Mallikarjun Rao, Mr. Joshi said that the new facility will help reduce infant mortality. The Minister also inaugurated an MRI scan facility at KIMS on the occasion.