Kidwai Institute of Oncolgy

Kidwai Institute of Oncology , Bangalore is a Regional Cancer Centre (RCCs). KMIO is arecognised 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 statuson 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.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.

Established : 1973