Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences (SVIMS), Tirupati was established in 1986 on the lines of AIIMS, New Delhi and the foundation stone was laid on 18.4.86 by Late Sri.N.T.Rama Rao, the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh in the world famous pilgrim town Tirupati.

Alleviating human suffering has been a part of dedicated services of Tirupati Tirumala Devasthanams to the mankind. To provide the most advanced medical technology to the needy, the T.T.D. has launched a monument, a blessing from the Lord by opening Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, a sophisticated super speciality hospital at Tirupati.

SVIMS was conceived in the year 1986 on the lines of AIIMS, New Delhi and the foundation stone was laid on 18.4.86 by Late Sri. N.T.Rama Rao, the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh in the world famous pilgrim twon Tirupati. It was established with a view to providing Super Speciality facilities with nomical cost to the poor.

The hospital started functioning from 26.2.93 by an Act of A.P. State Legislature. This Institute became a University in 1995 within a short time of establishment. The Present Director is Dr. B. Vengamma, MBBS, DM (Neurology) (NIMHANS, Bengaluru), FRCP (Edin), FAMS, FICP, FIAN, PG Dip in Epidemiology (PHFI-IIPH).

The healing touch of SVIMS has covered most of Andhra Pradesh and the neighbnouring states. The major objectives of SVIMS includes service, training and education in advanced medical sciences and technology. Latest technology in diagnostic wing and total computer automation of patient care has been implemented in this institution for the first time in our Country. The computer centre is eqquipped with medical world. SVIMS also introducted "MEDLARS" awareness programme, which is a boon for all the students and medical personnel, Both inpatients and outpatients hae increased by 75% to 100% in recent years.

The following departments are rendering their services for the public:

Anaesthesiology, Anatomy, Biochemistry, C.T.Surgery, Cardiology, Endocrinology, Gyanecology & Obstetrics, General Surgery, Hematology, Medical Gastroenterology, Medical Oncology, Medicine, Microbiology, Nephrology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Nuclear Medicine, Pathology, Physiology, Radiology, Radiation Oncology, Surgical Gastroenterology, Surgical Oncology, Transfusion Medicine and Urology.

The Department of Cardiology possesses the state-of-the art biomedical equipment and a set of dedicated doctors and paramedical staff to provide a high quality treatment to its patients. It has an intensive coronary care unit with facilities for invasive haemodynamic monitoring, an echo-cardiography machine having biplane transoesophageal probe (along with facilities for colour flow mapping), several computerised EGC Machines, a computerised treadmill machine, Cardiac catheterization and angiography, temporary pacemaker implantation, permanent pacemaker implantation and ballon atrial septostomy in neonates, have been done. The department is regularly doing coronary angioplasty and various valvulolastry procedures. Radio frequency ablation procedures are the recent addition in catheterization laboratory. The Department of Cardio Thoracic Surgery the state-of-the art biomedical equipment and set a dedicated doctors and paramedical staff to procide a high quality treatment to its patients. The major achievements of C.T. Surgery department ever since its inception in SVIMS, is the versatility of operations being done here. The entire spectrum of surgical diseases of Chest are being attended to this instituion. This includes Complex Cardiac Surgery, Simple Cardiac Surgery all forms of Thoracic Surgery, Chest Trauma and all forms of thoracic Endoscopies. The post operative management always received consultants level care. In Cardiac Surgery - Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery, all forms of value surgery and all forms of complex congenital heart surgery in the very early months of life are being under taken. Many of the cases we have taken up are redo operations and are very sick ones some times denied of surgery in peer institutions. In that sense, for a new institution we have not shirked away from high risk cases as far as any form of Cardiac Surgery is concerned. We have also been actively involved in making our institute a model teaching instituion. We have been co-operaint actively with sister department.

The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams brings one of the holies of offerings ever Pranadanam - a scheme blessed by everything the Lord Himself stands for Sri venkateswara Pranadana Trust aims at providing succor to the needy and suffering by offering them free and the best medical care at the T.T. run hospitals. The pranadanam scheke is aims at to providing free medical facilties to the poor patients affected with life threatening dieseases of the Hear, Kidney, Brain and Cancer etc. The pranadanam Trustis launced by Sri. N. Chandarababu Naidu, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh in the month of September, 2021. So far we have successfully carried out 225 surgeries / treatment to the poor & needy patients in and around Rayalaseema Region with 100% free of cost under this Pranadanam Scheme.

The Institute is offeirng donations from the public Income Tax exemption under Section 80(G) to meet the expenditure under the noble cause of Pranadanam Scheme.

The Institute of offering the services of expert surgeons of Dept. of Cardiology, Cardio Thoracic Surgery, Neuro Surgery, Nephrology and Oncology to perform the surgeries of the poor patients with free of cost in the name of Lord Venkateswara during your visit to Tirumala aiming with Manavasevae - Madhavaseva.

OBJECTIVES of the Institute.

To create a centre of excellence for providing medical care, educational and research facilities of a higher order in the field of medical sceinces in the existing super specialities, and such other super specialtiies as many develop in future, including continuing medical education and hospital administration.

To develop patterns of teaching in post-graduate level and in super specialities so as to set a high standard of medical education.

To provide for training in para-medical and allied fields, particularly in relating to super specialities.

To function as a referral hospital.

To provide for post-graduate teaching and conduct of research in the relevant disciplines of modern medicine and other allied sicences, includding inter-disciplinary fields of Physical and Biological Sciences.

Mission and Vision:

To develop patterns of teaching in post-graduate level and in super specialties so as to set a high standard of medical education.

To provide for training in para-medical and allied fields, particularly in relating to super specialties.

To function as a referral hospital.