IVF unit has been set up in MCH building’s second floor KMC-RI, Hubballi
The service is expected to commence within 15 to 20 days after medicine procurement is completed.
Dr Ishwar Hasabi, superintendent of KMC-RI, said all major equipment, instruments and licences required for the facility are in place. Hospital authorities said the facility would spare patients the need to travel to Bengaluru or other metropolitan cities for treatment and make advanced reproductive care accessible to poor and middle-class families who previously found IVF beyond their financial reach. Registration of beneficiaries has already begun, with the first batch of couples being identified.
services at the government facility will be provided free of cost to BPL cardholders, significantly reducing the financial burden on families seeking assisted reproductive care While private fertility centres typically charge between Rs 2.5 lakh and Rs 4 lakh for treatment. Hubballi : Karnataka’s first govt-run in vitro fertilisation (IVF) centre is set to become operational at Karnataka Medical College and Research Institute (KMCRI) in Hubballi within the next few weeks, bringing affordable fertility treatment within reach of thousands of childless couples across North Karnataka. To ensure wider access, IVF treatment at the facility has been brought under the Ayushman Bharat-Arogya Karnataka (ABRK) scheme.