The District Hospital Vijayapura was started in 1886 near shivaji chouk , It came up with a new building of 250 bedded hospital in 1976 at Athani road next to sainik school second gate, Training centre for trained birth assistants/daayi was started in 1983. The hospital developed MOU with Al-Ameen Medical College for deputing of its Doctors & Medical students for practicing/internship in its OPD facility respectively in 1984. The hospital set uped its Blood Bank in 1995.