The Perinatal centre at KLESH & MRC was inaugurated on 22nd April 2000 by her Excellency (Smt) Ramadevi , Governor of Karnataka. The centers objective is to improve the health care of the mother and the new born  The departments of P& SM, Paediatrics, Obst. & Gynaec. and nursing participate in this task to provide the health care, and education required to improve the skills of the health care providers at periphery.

State of the art well - equipped ambulance is one of its kind which transfers the sick new born and high risk mothers in need of emergency to the tertiary care centers. The registrars and nurses on transport duty-specially for the ambulance move to the spot to pick up the high risk mothers or sick new born. The ambulance is equipped with transport incubator, pulse oxymeter, and ventilators with life support systems.

The Perinatal Centre caters to all practitioners in and around Belgaum to bring their problem cases to the Perinatal Centre to discuss with the team of exerts. Consisting of Pediatric Surgeon Dr. Vijay Pujar, Genetic Counselor  Dr. Kamal Patil, Ultrasonologist  Dr Shetty, Neonatologists  Dr. Dhaded, Dr. Vasant Kumar, and  the Obstetrician  Dr, Nilgar B. R.

Under the guidance of Dr.. H. B. Rajashekhar (Principal of  I.N.M.C & Pro & HOD of Medicine) and  Dr. Col. AK. Singh (Medical Director and Chief Executive), and Dr. V. D. Patil the centre has planned to undertake the "Perinatal Project"  which aims at training traditional birth attainders and Anganwadi workers in the art of conducting safe delivery in the periphery.

The centre has conducted Indo-US Perinatal Conferences, and workshops on "mini hospital" -  a skill orientated workshop for safe deliver and neonatal resuscitation. The high risk pregnancy identification and basic neonatal resuscitation have been under taken as "on going workshops" in small batches.