Archive · 17 Jan 2026
Karnataka to Build 1,000-Bed Transplant Hospital
The Karnataka government and the Azim Premji Foundation have agreed to build a big hospital in Bengaluru.
This hospital will have 1,000 beds and will help people who need organ transplants.
The government gave them land for 99 years, and the foundation will spend a lot of money to build this hospital.
The goal is to make sure that everyone, even people who don't have a lot of money, can get the help they need.
The hospital will be part of the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases.
Karnataka government and Azim Premji Foundation signed an MoU to build a 1,000-bed charitable hospital for multi-organ transplantation in south Bengaluru.
The hospital will be located on 10 acres of land leased for 99 years at the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases campus.
The Azim Premji Foundation will invest over ₹ 4,000 crore in the project.
The goal is to make organ transplants affordable for the common man.
The MoU was signed in a ceremony attended by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Medical Education Minister Sharanprakash Patil, and Azim Premji Foundation CEO Anurag Behar.
- Who
- Karnataka government and Azim Premji Foundation
- What
- Signed MoU to build a 1,000-bed charitable transplant hospital
- When
- Date not specified
- Where
- South Bengaluru, India
- Why
- To make organ transplants affordable for the common man
- Location
- South Bengaluru, India
- Hospital Beds
- 1,000
- Investment
- ₹ 4,000 crore
- Land Lease
- 99 years
- Land Area
- 10 acres