India, May 8 -- In a bid to plug the deficiency in specialist doctors in civic hospitals, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) in collaboration with Dr D Y Patil Medical College and Hospital on Wednesday started free, specialised medical services at Rajiv Gandhi Hospital in Yerawada. Beginning Thursday, specialised healthcare services in medicine, orthopaedics, ophthalmology, paediatrics, gynaecology and ear-nose-throat (ENT) will be available at the hospital, officials said.

The new multispecialty outpatient department (OPD) was inaugurated by PMC health chief Dr Nina Borade along with senior doctors and administrators from Dr D Y Patil Medical College and Hospital, and the PMC health department. The inauguration ceremony was attended b...