Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (hospital group)

The Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences is an Indian hospital chain based in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India. It was founded by Dr Bhaskar Rao Bollineni in 2000 in the city of Nellore, India. Currently, the KIMS Group operates 9 hospitals across the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The KIMS Hospital Group is NABH and NABL certified.
History.
The oldest hospital from the KIMS Group was founded by Dr B Bhaskar Rao in 2000 in Nellore, India. Shortly after, in 2002, he started another hospital in Rajahmundry, India in 2002. In 2004, KIMS group's flagship hospital, KIMS Secunderabad hospital was established, which is now a 1000-bedded hospital. Over the course of the next decade, the group expanded to several other cities in Andhra Pradesh.
In 2015, KIMS Hospital received the first Green Operation Theater certification in Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana. KIMS Hospital was awarded an ‘Association of Health Care Providers India (AHPI) Award 2017’ in the Patient Friendly Hospital category, for Telangana region in 2017. Dr Bhaskar Rao's son Abhinay Bollineni is currently the CEO of KIMS Hospitals. On 26 February 2021, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (hospital group) filed Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) to the Securities and Exchange Board of India in order to raise funds through an initial public offering (IPO).
Branches.
The KIMS Group has hospitals in Secunderabad, Kondapur, Ongole, Rajahmundry, Srikakulam, Nellore, Vizag, Anantapur and Kurnool.
KIMS Secunderabad.
KIMS Secunderabad is the headquarters of the KIMS Group and was established in 2004. This hospital won the Best Multi Specialty Hospital Award at the Indo-Global Healthcare Summit & Expo 2015 and in 2016 received the Pharmacie De Qualite certification from Bureau Veritas. Heart surgeons at this hospital conducted a complex heart surgery on a 11-month-old baby from Zimbabwe.
KIMS Kondapur.
KIMS Kondapur is a multi-speciality hospital which has cardiology, orthopedics, gastroenterology, nephrology, oncology, anaesthesiology, accidents; emergency care, endocrinology; diabetology and neurological sciences.
KIMS Anantapur.
KIMS-Saveera Hospital in Anantapur is the largest healthcare facility in the Rayalaseema region. The group also opened an emergency clinic in Anantapur in 2019.
KIMS Vizag.
In 2018, KIMS opened a multi-speciality hospital in Vizag. Doctors in this hospital removed a coin stuck in a man's lungs for 30 years.
KIMS Ongole.
The KIMS Group opened a multi-speciality hospital in Ongole in 2017. In 2018, the hospital announced that they performed more than 1000 surgeries in one year of operation.
Departments.
KIMS Hospitals offers services in Cardiology, Cardiothoracic and Cardiovascular surgery, Dermatology, Dental, Diabetology, ENT, Gastroenterology, Oncology, Nephrology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Organ Transplantation, Orthopedics, Pediatrics, Pulmonology, Plastic Surgery, Rheumatology, Robotics and Urology.
Organ Transplantation.
KIMS Hospital has infrastructure to support organ transplantation and created an organ donation swap registry. In 2019, KIMS Secunderabad recorded 1,000 kidney transplant surgeries.
Robotic Surgeries.
KIMS Group of Hospitals are one of the first few hospitals in India to focus on robotic surgeries and they setup South India's first robotic facility. In 2011, they performed the first robot-assisted colorectal surgery in India. The hospital performs robotic surgeries for oncology, gynaecology, urology and gastroentrology.
Miscellaneous.
In 2017, the cardiology department held the 13th annual Cardiology Update programme. 
In 2019, the orthopaedic department held a course on knee replacement for orthopaedic surgeons across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The hospital also conducted a Lupus Awareness Ramp Walk and Deep Vein Thrombosis Awareness Walk in 2019. In 2019, they also held a conference on bone marrow transplant in paediatrics.