It is attached to the Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute.

[3] In 2000, it was selected as one of the 11 AIDS control centres in India, and the sole one in Karnataka.

The Land was acquired from the Church of England by the Mysore Government.

Land was provided at Hardinge Road, Chamarajpet as compensation, where now stands the St. Luke's Church.

[5][6][7] Indian movie superstar Rajnikanth was born at this hospital on 12 December 1950.